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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 field dedicated to examining U.S. history, literatur 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 humanity? Or are we just making computers and sof 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 science program, that fact was a gut punch. "That  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 Middle East, including maps and information board more PR