David Shoemaker, a professor in ethics and public life at Cornell University, says that the darker-than-darkly humorous comments and the horrified responses to them are compatible forms of righteous blame.

Arts & Humanities

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Alistair Hayden, a former division chief of the California Earthquake Early Warning Program at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health, comments on a magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the coast of California.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Susan Joseph is the executive director of Fintech at Cornell University and says if the U.S. moves to adopt Bitcoin as a reserve currency, there will be pressure in other countries to follow suit.  

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Tom Pepinsky, a professor of government, and Rachel Beatty Riedl, the director of Cornell University’s Center on Global Democracy, provide insight on what other democracies should take away from the failure of the South Korean president's martial law declaration.

Law, Government & Public Policy

International

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Art Wheaton is an auto industry expert in Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Given that GM is facing many headwinds in China, he says a write down was not surprising.

Economics and Business

International

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Buz Barstow, a physicist using synthetic biology to build sustainable energy technologies, comments on China's move to ban exports of rare minerals to the U.S.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

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U.S. officials are recommending Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers amid an ongoing cyberattack on companies like AT&T and Verizon.

Cybersecurity

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Sidney Tarrow, an emeritus professor of government who researches social movements, contentious politics, says that the president’s actions could reinvigorate South Korea’s tradition of expressing political dissent through candlelight rallies.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Brian Dunn is the director of the Institute for Compensation Studies in Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. 

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Elizabeth Lamb and Daniel Weitoish discuss the impact of the drought on live Christmas trees and the evergreens in landscaping in New York.

New York State

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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