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Journals Political Newsletter for 2026-02-17 ( 4 items )  
Goldwater Institute Issues Commentary: When "American Studies" Can't Say Anything Good About America (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 17 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following commentary by senior writer Carl Paulus: * * * When "American Studies" Can't Say Anything Good About America * What would you say about a publication devoted to writing about America that never has anything positive to say about our country? You might think it's horribly biased and has an agenda-and you'd be right. That's exactly what's happening in the subject of American Studies-an academic fi more PR

Internet Governance Project Issues Commentary: Did an AI Application Really 'Bully' a Human? (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 17 -- The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy Internet Governance Project issued the following commentary on Feb. 15, 2026, by Milton Mueller, founder of IGP, a scholar specializing in the political economy of information and communication: * * * Did an AI application really "bully" a human? There is a battle over the reputation of advanced AI applications going on in the news. Two worldviews conflict: Are we unleashing dangerous forces that threaten more PR

MSU students confront the hidden ethical history of STEM (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 15 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * MSU students confront the hidden ethical history of STEM * Victor Piercey hadn't thought much about the morality of actuary science. A tour of the Zekelman Holocaust Center changed everything. The Michigan State University alum, now a professor at Ferris State University, was stunned when his tour guide mentioned that Nazi concentration camps were insured. As a teacher in Ferris State's actuary sc more PR

Row after British Museum removes term 'Palestine' from some displays (10)
LONDON, England, Feb. 16 [Category: Arts/Cultural] -- The Museums Association posted the following news: * * * Row after British Museum removes term 'Palestine' from some displays * The British Museum has rejected a claim that it removed the term "Palestine" from its displays in response to pressure from a pro-Israeli lawyers group. The Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday that the Bloomsbury museum had withdrawn terminology related to Palestine from "several of its displays" on the ancient more PR