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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Falk, Pennsylvania State University(THE CONVERSATION) The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has removed five Dead Sea Scrolls from exhibits after tests confirmed these fragments were not from ancient biblical scrolls but forgeries.Over the last decade, the Green family, owners of the craft-supply chain Hobby Lobby, has paid millions of dollars for fragments of the Dead

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Keith Brown, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) The bombs allegedly sent by a passionate Trump supporter to prominent liberals last week are a reminder that American history is littered with violence, with both the left and right pursuing political ends with explosives.I’m a scholar who has researched conflict and its aftermath. From labor and anarchist unrest in the late

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Palazzolo, University of Richmond(THE CONVERSATION) “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary,” wrote James Madison in the Federalist Paper #51. Lacking angels, Madison asserted that elections were one of the U.S. Constitution’s checks on political power. “A

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University(THE CONVERSATION) Fueled by virulent anti-Semitism, the Sabbath peace was shattered this past weekend when 11 members of the Pittsburgh Jewish community were murdered in a synagogue where they had gathered to celebrate a birth, to pray and to study.As a scholar who studies the Jewish community and has close ties to Pittsburgh, the tragedy feels very

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University(THE CONVERSATION) By the end of every spring semester, students in my introductory biology course at Vanderbilt University have become quite familiar with natural variation in human sex chromosomes. They know, for example, that most females have two X chromosomes and most males have one X and one Y chromosome. But in every thousand humans, there

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Gehl, University of Utah(THE CONVERSATION) In the wake of recent violent events in the U.S., many people are expressing concern about the tone and content of online communications, including talk of the “dark web.” Despite the sinister-sounding phrase, there is not just one “dark web.” The term is actually fairly technical in origin, and is often used to describe some of the

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tiffany Mitchell Patterson, West Virginia University(THE CONVERSATION) If young people are to engage in democracy and society, young people need to learn how to respectfully disagree. Yet, educators often find it challenging to lead discussions on contentious issues.Based on my experience as a middle school social studies educator, I’ve discovered that there are ways teachers and

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael V. Drake, The Ohio State University(THE CONVERSATION) When Sly and the Family Stone released “Everyday People” at the end of 1968, it was a rallying cry after a tumultuous year of assassinations, civil unrest and a seemingly interminable war.“We got to live together,” he sang, “I am no better and neither are you.”Throughout history, artists and songwriters have expressed a

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Richard Gunderman, Indiana University(THE CONVERSATION) The Pittsburgh neighborhood in which the recent horrific mass shooting took place isn’t only the home of the Tree of Life synagogue. Squirrel Hill was also Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, the place where he lived and ultimately chose to die in his own home. The irony is bitter indeed, because Fred McFeely Rogers, the beloved

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