Twenty years after Osama bin Laden terrorized the United States, evidentiary thinking is under attack from the inside. Washington Post Read more »
Biden’s awful August threatens to undermine his presidency
President Biden’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan won’t be the top issue for voters when the midterms arrive next year. But the parade of horribles that have resulted from his decisions—the death of 13 military service members from an ISIS suicide bomb, the Taliban and other terrorist groups celebrating American weakness, […] Read more »
The one thing Biden can’t afford to lose
The next presidential election is more than three years away, and even the midterms won’t happen for another 14 months. Yet President Joe Biden could be on the brink of losing something costly: the benefit of the doubt. While I’m on the record as skeptical that Afghanistan will be the […] Read more »
92% of college freshmen are optimistic about their lives
The pandemic, a not-so-distant recession and a politically polarized America notwithstanding, first-year college students are overwhelmingly optimistic about their future, even if they’re less confident about the direction of the country and the world, a new poll found. A whopping 92 percent of the freshmen — attending either two-year or […] Read more »
Partisan divides in media trust widen, driven by a decline among Republicans
In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half – dropping from 70% in 2016 to 35% this year. This decline is fueling the continued widening of the partisan gap in trust of the media. Nearly eight-in-ten […] Read more »
Most Americans Agree that Nurses and Aides are Underpaid
Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans believe that nurses and health care aides are underpaid, while many Americans say doctors, physical therapists, and pharmacists are paid about right, according to a new UChicago Harris/AP-NORC Poll. Most Americans trust doctors to do what is right for them and their families. […] Read more »