Professor of political science at the University of Hawaii
Moore’s research examines how the development of public bureaucracies has shaped politics and public policy in the United States. He is currently completing a book manuscript on the acquisition and governance of American overseas colonies after the Spanish-American War. Other recent work explores the development and evolution of the Veterans’ Health Administration as a single-payer government-run health care system.
Unprecedented Politics in Hawaii Hawaii’s been battered by a number of storms lately. A couple of them were meteorological, but the others were political. The state’s governor - a 40-year political veteran - was trounced by a relative unknown in the democratic primary. And the candidate he picked to replace Daniel Inouye in the U.S. Senate, apparently over the dying wishes of the Hawaii political legend, is struggling to keep his seat.
Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
Trump says goodbye Paris Accord: What does it mean for U.S. and the planet? President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, the landmark international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Trump was to renegotiate a new deal, but will that happen?
Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump’s lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.
