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June 25, 2015The Democrats’ Mythical Third Term Obstacle By Joel K. Goldstein
Facts, Justice Louis Brandeis taught, are the basis of understanding. Yet facts, even if by definition true, can be misleading when stated imprecisely, without necessary qualifications, or out of context. The misleading power of truth was evident in recent political reporting that invoked history to suggest that Democratic presidential candidates have an uphill climb in winning the White House in 2016 because only once since 1951 has a party won the presidency in three straight elections.

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                            June 24, 2015Should South Carolina Take Down The Flag?
Most voters don’t think the Confederate flag should be flown at the South Carolina Capitol, but they differ when it comes to the flag’s meaning.

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                            June 24, 2015Marriage Seen as Less Civil, More Religious
Fewer voters than ever now see marriage as a civil institution, and they’re still fairly torn on the issue of gay marriage.
June 24, 2015Mankiller Money? by John Stossel
A woman will be on the new $10 bill, bumping Alexander Hamilton aside. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says he will choose the woman by year's end, based on "input from the public."

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                            June 24, 2015Voters Believe People Get Rich Through Hard Work
When it comes to building wealth, voters don’t see an easy way out: they still believe most people get rich by working hard.
June 24, 2015Holy Hypocrisy and Hot Air By Michelle Malkin
Unlike Pope Francis, I believe that air-conditioning and the capitalists responsible for the technology are blessings to the world.
Perhaps the head of the Catholic Church, who condemned "the increasing use and power of air-conditioning" last week in a market-bashing encyclical, is unaware of the pioneering private company that has donated its time, energy and innovative heating, ventilating and air-conditioning equipment to the Vatican's most famous edifice for more than a decade.

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                            June 23, 2015Voters Are OK With FDA Nixing Trans Fats
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that food companies have three years to phase out partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of trans fat, and voters appear to be on board with the idea.
June 23, 2015Hillary and History By Thomas Sowell
There are no sure things in politics, but Hillary Clinton is the closest thing to a sure thing to become the Democrats' candidate for president in 2016.   
June 23, 2015Clinton's Weakness in Important States By Michael Barone
Hillary Clinton has relaunched her campaign on Roosevelt Island with a 4,687-word speech. But it's not clear whether she and her husband, Bill Clinton, can win four presidential elections as Franklin D. Roosevelt did.

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                            June 22, 201528% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for the week ending June 18.

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                            June 22, 2015Most Black Voters Don’t Think Rachel Dolezal Should Have Resigned From NAACP
Most voters agree that racial identity should be based on birth, not preference, but black voters are less critical than others of Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who identifies as black who recently resigned from her post at the NAACP.
June 22, 2015If Rachel Dolezal Is a Crazy Liar, What Is Barack Obama? By Ted Rall
Rachel Dolezal, the former Spokane leader of the NAACP who was born white but pretends to be (or "identifies as") black, is widely assumed to be a lying con artist, suffering from psychological problems, or both. Many Americans, especially blacks who suffer at the hands of systemic racial discrimination, were furious at what they saw as Dolezal's lack of -- forgive me -- skin in the game.    

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                            June 22, 2015Should Free Market Preside Over Health Care?
When it comes to health care reform, voters continue to think an overall reduction in costs is more important than guaranteeing that everyone has insurance -- but they would prefer that the government keep their hands off and leave it up to some healthy competition to solve the problem.

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                            June 20, 2015What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls -- Week Ending June 20, 2015
Another week, another wave of campaign launches for the crowded Republican field in 2016.
June 19, 2015Foreign Policy Downplayed in Jeb and Hillary Announcement Speeches By Michael Barone
American presidents have greater leeway on foreign policy than on domestic issues. Just see how President Obama is forging ahead to an agreement with Iran opposed by large majorities in Congress and among voters.   

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                            June 19, 2015Fatherhood Still An Important Role
Father’s Day is this Sunday, and while voters don’t put much importance on the holiday itself, they still strongly believe in the importance of fatherhood.
June 19, 2015The Creepy Consequences of Oppression Chic By Michelle Malkin
Why was America so shocked by homegirl hoaxer Rachel Dolezal?
The spray-tanned con artist, who resigned this week as head of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of (Artificially) Colored People, is the inevitable outcome of academia's cult of manufactured victimhood.

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                            June 19, 2015Which is More Important: Economic Growth or Fairness?
Voters say that economic growth is more important than economic fairness and they give a thumbs up to policies that expand the economy over policies that promote fairness.
June 18, 2015‘The Donald’ is Trumped by Most of GOP Field
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump entered the Republican presidential race this week, but GOP voters rate him near the bottom of the crowded field.

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                            June 18, 2015Voters Don't Want Big Government, But They Think It's Back
Nearly 20 years ago, Bill Clinton declared the era of big government over. Two decades later, voters wish that were true.