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  • Polling and the Truth

    Polling and the Truth0

    The Berlin Tagesspiegel recently went after a young Protestant theologian whom naïve readers might have mistaken for a polite, unassuming scholar. This figure was outed by an academic colleague who discovered that he wrote for “new Right” publications, a term that in the German context should be understood quite broadly. One of the venues of this putative extremist

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  • Poll: Voters Ignorant On Issues That Affect Them

    Poll: Voters Ignorant On Issues That Affect Them0

    If there is truth in Ben Franklin’s precept that “tyranny begins” with “ignorance,” a poll commissioned by Just Facts shows that the U.S. may be in deep trouble. While most polls measure public opinion, this unique poll measures voters’ knowledge of issues that affect their lives in tangible ways. These include education, taxes, healthcare, the

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  • Poll: Most Young Adults Believe ‘Jews as a Class Are Oppressors’

    Poll: Most Young Adults Believe ‘Jews as a Class Are Oppressors’2

    The Harvard/Harris poll asked people, “Do you think that Jews as a class are oppressors and should be treated as oppressors or is that a false ideology”? 67 percent of people age 18-24 agreed that Jews are “oppressors” and should be treated as oppressors. By contrast, only 27% of people in general, and only 9% of people over age 65, agreed

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  • Poll: Most Americans Think “Big Government” is the Biggest Threat

    Poll: Most Americans Think “Big Government” is the Biggest Threat0

    In America’s divided political environment, we usually hear that Republicans are for big business while Democrats are for big government.    Which is why the recent Gallup poll might be surprising to some. As it turns out, when asked to choose between “big government,” “big business,” or “big labor,” 69% of Americans believe that “big

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  • Poll: Millennials want a Crusade

    Poll: Millennials want a Crusade0

    The traditional adage is that “old men start wars, but young men fight them.” That might not be the case when it comes to ISIS, though. According to the Harvard Institute of Politics (IOP) most recent poll, 60 percent of young Americans (aged 18-29) support sending troops to obliterate ISIS.  In a revealing testimony to

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  • Poll: Lots of Whites are Feeling Oppressed

    Poll: Lots of Whites are Feeling Oppressed0

    The Public Religion Research Institute recently released some fascinating polling data from its 2015 American Values Survey. It appears that all that white-shaming is actually having an effect. Regarding the culture, white Americans overwhelmingly think it’s going to hell: “A majority (53%) of Americans say that American culture and way of life has mostly changed

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