… Today, I want to shift the focus a bit. We typically look at public opinion from the adult’s perspective, or, in technical parlance, those Americans age 18 and above. Instead, let’s spend some time looking at how American teenagers (14-18) feel about the present state of affairs. They are […] Read more »
Why Some White Evangelical Republicans Are So Opposed To The COVID-19 Vaccine
In the race to get Americans vaccinated, two groups are commanding a lot of attention: Republicans and white evangelicals. Both are less likely to have been vaccinated already and more likely to refuse vaccination altogether. But it’s the overlap between white Republicans and white evangelicals that is especially telling, as […] Read more »
It wasn’t hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
… We live history forward, in the chaos of onrushing events, without a clear guide. But we judge history backward, smugly armed with the knowledge of what did happen and uninterested in what might have happened. This partly explains the oscillation of U.S. foreign policy over the decades between periods […] Read more »
Half of workers favor vaccination requirements
With many employers considering back-to-office plans amidst the delta surge, 50% of working Americans favor requiring employees working in person at their workplace to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Just about as many, 52%, support a requirement for employees working in person at their workplace to wear face masks. In […] Read more »
The Unbearable Summer
… This has been the West’s summer of extremes. In every direction, the consequences of climate change across the region have become more tangible, immediate, inescapable. “It feels like the first inkling of an apocalyptic movie,” Jay Inslee, the Washington governor and a longtime leader on climate issues, told me […] Read more »
Weary of turmoil and division, most teens still voice faith in future, Post-Ipsos poll finds
… While still hopeful about what lies ahead, many teens do not view the current moment so favorably. Fifty-one percent say that now is a bad time to be growing up, compared with 31 percent who answered that way 16 years ago, in a poll of teens conducted by The […] Read more »