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  • Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?

    Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?0

    The 2017 World Happiness Report, a list of 155 countries ranked according to multiple measures of personal and collective welfare, was recently released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a United Nations initiative. According to the report, the countries with the happiest inhabitants are Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand,

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  • Americans Say U.S. Schools Stink (But Not Their Own)

    Americans Say U.S. Schools Stink (But Not Their Own)0

    To mark the start of the 2016-2017 school year, Education Next released their annual public opinion poll on the state of education. One of the most interesting aspects of this poll is the grades Americans assign to the nation’s local and national schools. In terms of the nation’s schools as a whole, Americans aren’t impressed.

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  • Americans Say Government is America’s Biggest Problem, Gallup Poll Finds

    Americans Say Government is America’s Biggest Problem, Gallup Poll Finds0

    For generations, Gallup has been asking Americans what they see as the nation’s primary problems. Answers change from year to year, but in its most recent poll Gallup received a startling answer. The biggest problem wasn’t health care or race relations, though Americans have concerns with these issues. It wasn’t the economy, which scored very

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  • Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Handgun Bans

    Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Handgun Bans0

    Have American attitudes towards guns changed as a result of shootings such as the one at Umpqua Community College? When it comes to buying guns the answer might be yes. According to Gallup, “Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct

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  • Americans No Longer Live Up to the Hidden Messages on Their Coins

    Americans No Longer Live Up to the Hidden Messages on Their Coins0

    Old coins are one of the closest things we have to buried treasure these days. There’s a thrill in finding something rare and valuable. I experienced that thrill every time I found a wheat penny in the jug of coins I sorted through one hot summer afternoon as a 10-year-old. My sister likely had a

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  • Americans Need Charming Humor, Not Sarcastic Wit

    Americans Need Charming Humor, Not Sarcastic Wit0

    The Times of London recently reported this protest at Oxford University: How do you respond when placard-waving students occupy your 15th-century quadrangle and refuse to leave until you sell the college’s shares in oil companies? As this is Oxford, naturally you present them with a philosophical dilemma. Two students at St John’s College wrote to Andrew Parker,

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