Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

Latest From Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin

News

Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history

While 4 presidents have been killed, many others have been victims of plots to end their lives − sometimes because of political anger, but many other times for incomprehensible reasons.

Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history
Opinion

All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are far from the first politicians to change their mind about topics, from the innocuous to important policy shifts.

All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years
Election|News|Opinion|Political

From a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares memorable moments from previous events.

From a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history
Political

Biden isn’t the first to struggle to pop the presidential bubble that divides him from the public

Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and other presidents showed that getting limited information as president can have some benefits – but also risks.

Biden isn’t the first to struggle to pop the presidential bubble that divides him from the public

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