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January 23, 2019
“It’s hard to understand as anything but a combination of haste and ineptitude,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, referring to the Trump administration’s repeated failure to adhere to procedural standards in attempting to reverse big governmental regulations.
The New York Times -
January 22, 2019
“If evidence shows that (President) Trump explicitly directed (Michael) Cohen to lie to Congress, then that is an easy case to prove. If, on the other hand, evidence shows that Trump implicitly encouraged Cohen to lie, that conduct can still legally amount to obstruction of justice. It is just more difficult to prove,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice at the Law School.
Slate -
January 22, 2019
Aaron Kall, director of the U-M Debate Program, says the president is constitutionally required to update Congress through a written State of the Union message or in-person address: “President Trump could deliver a State of the Union address in writing and then just give a totally separate speech in Michigan. But no matter what happens, he still has to give a written update to Congress.”
The Detroit News -
January 22, 2019
Scott Rick, associate professor of marketing, says there’s a happy medium between tightwad and spendthrift shoppers: “There’s this middle ground of what we call unconflicted consumers, who have some distress when they spend money … just enough to keep them sort of in line. They don’t completely deprive themselves. They don’t go nuts. (But) they are happier, on average, than most tightwads and spendthrifts.”
ABC News -
January 21, 2019
Many children with food allergies experience exclusion and discrimination, said James Baker, director of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center and professor emeritus of internal medicine and biomedical engineering: “We hear this all the time, where people isolate kids, tell them they can’t go places, tell them they can’t participate in after-school activities. … The child starts to feel like he or she is the problem.”
The New York Times -
January 21, 2019
“The cyanobacteria blooms are going to start to grow a few months from now in Lake Erie. Tracking them and warning people requires that buoys be built, instrumented and placed in the water in a few months. At present, that work has come to a screeching halt, which puts the tracking of toxic algal blooms at risk for next summer,” said Bradley Cardinale, professor of environment and sustainability and director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research.
Bridge Magazine -
January 21, 2019
Research by Kao-Ping Chua, assistant professor of pediatrics, and colleagues found that nearly a quarter of antibiotics prescribed are inappropriate for treating patients’ associated health conditions — which can promote the development of antibiotic resistance.
U.S. News & World Report -
January 20, 2019
“Any decline in immunization rates will result in an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases. We have the opportunity now to prevent so many life-threatening diseases and have saved countless lives through immunization. It would be a travesty for children’s health if there were widespread outbreaks of diseases which can kill or permanently damage children,” said Gary Freed, professor of pediatrics, and health management and policy.
Salon -
January 20, 2019
“One thing that we worry about is what is going to break consumer confidence, what is going to shake consumers and shake business confidence, what is going to make people worried enough that maybe they pull back a little bit? And that’s why a lot of people are a bit worried that the government shutdown could have long-lasting negative effects if it goes on long enough that it shakes both consumer and business confidence,” said Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy and economics.
Politico -
January 20, 2019
“This change (to an A-to-F accountability system) alone is not going to do very much. It simply can be viewed as one more iteration of accountability in the state. School administrators are confused and frustrated as is,” said Brian Jacob, professor of education and public policy, regarding Michigan’s latest school accountability system, which ranks schools with letter grades from A to F.
Bridge Magazine
