By almost every conceivable measure Americans are less positive and more critical of government these days, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Sunday. Pew describes the political environment as “a perfect storm of conditions associated with distrust of government — a dismal economy, an unhappy public, bitter partisan-based backlash, and epic discontent with [...]
‘Perfect Storm’ Leaves Americans Critical
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments
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State Prison Numbers Dip for First Time Since 1972
March 17th, 2010 · No Comments
For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has declined, according to Prison Count 2010, a new survey by the Pew Center on the States. The decline is not due solely to budget shortfalls at the state level which prompt early release of inmates, the survey [...]
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Last on Americans’ Priority List: Global Warming
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments
As President Barack Obama begins his second year in office, the public’s priorities for the president and Congress remain much as they were one year ago, according to the folks at the Pew Research Center. Global warming, however, rates at the bottom of 21 items receiving votes. In Public’s Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism, [...]
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AMTRAK’s Per-Passenger Subsidy Higher Than Cost of Airline Ticket from New Orleans to LA
October 28th, 2009 · 5 Comments
This morning, I went online and found I could purchase a one-way adult-fare airline ticket on Southwest Airlines that would allow me to fly from New Orleans to Los Angeles today for $405. Similarly, I found I could purchase a ticket on Amtrak for $439 (morning departure) or $133 (afternoon departure). The difference between these [...]
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Survey: Fewer Americans Worried About Warming
October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising, according to results of a new survey released today by The Pew Research Center for People and the Press. And fewer also see global warming as a very serious [...]
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Global Warming Low on List of Top Priorities
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Despite what President Barack Obama and members of the Democrat-controlled Congress might want you to believe, your focus — or, at least, the focus of most Americans — is overwhelmingly on domestic policy concerns such as the economy, according to a Pew Research Center report made public a few days ago and brought to my [...]
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‘Blago-Gate’ Captures Nation’s Interest
December 16th, 2008 · No Comments
In an article published today, the folks at the Pew Research Center report today that the scandal surrounding Illinois Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich (a.k.a., “Blago-gate”) filled more than a quarter of the news hole from Dec. 8-14, as measured by the News Coverage Index from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Mark [...]
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