Experts in the News | Miller Center

White House Shake-up, Again

Rev. Al Sharpton sits down with Daniel Goldman, Chris Lu, Shermichael Singleton, Mike Memoli, and Tiffany Cross to discuss the breaking news of the John Kelly leaving the White House at the end of this year.

Chris Lu

Law and Justice

Barr exam

Select quotations from the 2001 oral history interview of William Barr, attorney general for President George H. W. Bush

Rivaly and Reform: Presidents and social movements

"Rivalry and Reform": Join the Miller Center's (& the University of Virginia's) Sid Milkis and the University of Oregon's Dan Tichenor as they discuss their new book from University of Chicago Press on how presidents and social movements try to use each other to achieve political ends. Lincoln, LBJ, and Reagan all serve as key examples of this fascinating dynamic.

Nicole Hemmer

Rivaly and Reform: Presidents and social movements

Sidney Milkis

The (Brief) Return of Civility

When Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, he was friendly with Roger Porter, who had worked for President Ronald Reagan when George H.W. Bush was vice president and then went on to work in the Bush White House, says Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
Porter, Perry says, called Clinton in 1991 and peppered him with questions about whether he would challenge Bush in 1992. Clinton hedged, and "Porter said, 'Cut the crap – if you do [run], we will pull out all the stops against you,'" Perry says.

Barbara Perry

Will temporary truce in US-China trade war provide lasting solutions?

Larry and Barack Obama's former Deputy Labor Secretary, Chris Lu, discuss the implications and newest developments of the U.S.-China trade war. Plus, the political panel weighs in on Robert Mueller's latest maneuvers in the Russia investigation.

Chris Lu