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  • Americans Are Misinformed on COVID Data, Survey Shows

    Americans Are Misinformed on COVID Data, Survey Shows0

    A recent survey found that more than one-third of Americans overestimate by as much as a factor of ten the probability a person with COVID-19 will require hospitalization. Researchers involved in the Franklin Templeton/Gallup study asked Americans in December what “percentage of people who have been infected by the coronavirus needed to be hospitalized.” The

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  • Americans Are Living in Denial on a Great Many Things

    Americans Are Living in Denial on a Great Many Things0

    Gallup released a poll this week showing that Americans are, on average, getting heavier. Oddly, at the same time, the percentage of people who say they believe they are overweight is declining, as are the percentage of people who say they are trying to lose weight or want to lose weight. The results are probably

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  • Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing

    Americans Are Increasingly Revealing Their Self-absorption in Their Clothing0

    Yesterday afternoon an email from an Intellectual Takeout reader arrived in my inbox, asking what I thought of the jacket Melania Trump wore to visit migrant children near the Mexican border. Having read a previous article I wrote on Melania’s fashion choices, this reader asked if I could weigh in with some thoughts. Pulling up

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  • Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever, Sociologist Says

    Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever, Sociologist Says0

    Why are young adults turning out on the streets more, raging against unwelcome guest speakers on their campuses more? Why are they parading Nazi emblems or smashing statues of yesterday’s heroes? What are they not doing that gives them so much time and energy to burn? Sex. In America, anyway, they are not doing sex. According to

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  • Americans Are Finally Growing Weary of Lockdowns

    Americans Are Finally Growing Weary of Lockdowns0

    There are public protests against lockdowns in Denmark, Italy, France, and all over Europe. They are growing in numbers and fury. Why not the U.S.? Scott Atlas suggested in passing that Michigan residents “rise up” against new lockdowns in Michigan, and major media collectively fainted in shock. Preposterously, he was forced to clarify that he

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  • Americans are Embracing Bad Government Because They Don’t Know History

    Americans are Embracing Bad Government Because They Don’t Know History0

    Recent news has proudly informed us that U.S. graduation rates are rising. Unfortunately, rising grad rates don’t tell the whole story. If one truly wants to know how American students are doing in school, a look at the Nation’s Report Card might offer a better picture. Those numbers tell us that not even half of

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