Jillian Weinberger appears in the following:
Daydream Believer: Examining the Tangible Benefits of Idle Thought
Friday, October 18, 2013
It's good for the kids!
Are Criminal Charges the Best Way to Prevent Cyberbullying?
Thursday, October 17, 2013
This week, a Florida police department charged two girls ages 14 and 12 with aggravated stalking—a third-degree felony—for bullying a peer that eventually committed suicide. As more a...
States Anxiously Hope for Federal Budget Deal
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The shutdown continues, the debt ceiling deadline looms and states are scrambling to fill in the gaps. In the wake of the Great Recession, state budgets are already stretched thin—and...
Affirmative Action Back Before the Supreme Court
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Today, the Supreme Court hears a challenge to Michigan's ban on affirmative action, in the case Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. The outcome of this case could have...
U.S. Aid to Egypt: A Tricky Triangle with Israel
Friday, October 11, 2013
This week, the Obama Administration announced that the U.S. would freeze some of its aid to Egypt, withholding several pieces of weaponry and $260 million in aid. The country has depe...
Senate Chaplain Preaches Compromise, Forgiveness During Shutdown
Friday, October 11, 2013
As Congress negotiates with President Barack Obama, and thousands of furloughed federal workers anxiously await a return to the office, Senate Chaplain Barry Black counsels compromise...
Lessons from the Sequester and the Shutdown
Thursday, October 10, 2013
While few economists would argue that automatic spending cuts—through the sequester or the shutdown—are the best way to reduce wasteful spending, the cuts are in effect. Nick Gillespi...
Discovering Mount Hood's Glacial Caves
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
There's a world that exists exclusively below the ice, extending thousands of feet in elevation on Mount Hood in Oregon—it's a world ade up of three recently discovered glacial caves...
Campaign Finance and the Roberts Court
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Today, the Supreme Court hears McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case that challenges individuals' biennial spending limits on contributions to federal candidates. As Micha...
U.S. Carries Out Raids in Libya & Somalia
Monday, October 07, 2013
Over the weekend, U.S. military personnel conducted targeted operations in Libya and Somalia. As a result of the Libya operation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that one of the wo...
Another Blockbuster Term for the Supreme Court
Monday, October 07, 2013
While the federal government shutdown has shuttered much of Washington, today the Supreme Court opens its doors for the 2013-2014 term. The nation's highest judicial body will rule on...
Republican Vs. Republican in Ohio's Medicaid Expansion Fight
Friday, October 04, 2013
Republican Governor John Kasich finds himself at war with his GOP-dominated legislature over Medicaid expansion. Takeaway listener and Athens, Ohio resident Amy Farnsworth hopes her l...
The Shutdown Showdown: A Public Image War
Thursday, October 03, 2013
While the shutdown has had a very real impact, particularly on the 800,000 fuloughed government workers, with the near-constant speeches by President Barack Obama and Republican leade...
Gingrich vs. Clinton, Boehner vs. Obama: Government Shutdowns, Then and Now
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
In the weeks before October 1st, number-crunchers at the Office of Management and Budget prepared for a government shutdown. That day has arrived, as it did twice during the Clinton A...
What Happened to Obama's "Pivot" to Asia?
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Back in President Barack Obama’s first term, administration officials touted the president’s new foreign policy outlook as a "pivot" from the Middle East to Asia. But President Obama’...
'The Truman Show' Delusion: How Mental Illness Reflects Our Reality
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Today, psychiatrists have documented a new type of delusion: The belief that the patient is the star of his own reality show. Doctors call it "The Truman Show Delusion" after the Jim ...
Reading Iran: A Literary Look into the Country's Culture
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
What is cultural life really like for Iranians? How is the government reflected in their literature, their films, and their theater? Author and journalist Kamin Mohammadi was born in ...
Al Shabab Attacks: Did the International Community Drop the Ball?
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Was the international community lulled into a sense of false security about the Al Shabab militant group because of some perceived military setbacks on the ground in Somalia and elsew...
Can There Be Real and Lasting Change With Iran?
Monday, September 23, 2013
This fall may be the U.S.'s first opportunity for real and lasting change with Iran. Joining The Takeaway to discuss the way forward between the U.S. and Iran is Haleh Esfandiari, dir...
Using Theater to Bridge the Muslim Divide
Friday, September 20, 2013
The new play "Noor" takes center stage in the plight to bridge the divide between Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The playwright, Akbar Ahmed, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the Unite...