In the 1990s, the Math Wars pitted two philosophies against each other. One side argued for content-based standards -- that elementary school students must memorize multiplication tables by third grade. The other side argued for students to discover math, unfettered by "drill and kill" exercises.
Only 53% of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 20% disagree and say socialism is better. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are not sure which is better.
Seems a lifetime ago that the price of crude approached $150 a barrel, but it was only last summer. Remember how people went nuts? Santa Barbara County voted for oil drilling off California's spectacular coast. Santa Barbara of all places, epicenter of the 1969 oil spill that ravaged beaches from Pismo to Oxnard -- and launched the modern environmental movement.
Just 45% of U.S. voters now think they pay more than their fair share of taxes, the lowest finding on this question since regular tracking began last July.
With one week to go until the federal income tax deadline, 31% of Americans still have not filed their taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone index.
Corruption is a bad thing wherever you find it, and no profession or institution, from churches on Main Street to banks on Wall Street, is immune. You've got people who abuse the trust of shareholders and people who abuse the trust of voters; you've got cops who abuse their badges and professors who abuse their tenure. But in my book there is a special place by the devil's side for corrupt prosecutors.
Thirty-six percent (36%) of U.S. voters believe the United States is heading in the right direction, showing no change from a week ago.
Confidence in the housing market is down again, with just 61% of Americans now saying that buying a home is the best investment most families can make.
Of all President Barack Obama's transformative domestic policy proposals, none is more far-reaching and less transparent than health care. What most Washington policy people mean when they talk about his health care proposal was described in the first two paragraphs of Robert Pear's meticulous article in The New York Times on April 1:
Republicans have pulled within one point of Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American voters agree that in dealing with its European allies over the years, the United States has shown arrogance, been dismissive, and even derisive. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% disagree with that assertion and 16% are not sure.
The number of U.S. homeowners who say their house is worth more than the amount they still owe on their mortgage is down seven points since December.
Two very rich Republicans -- former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner -- are lining up to run for governor in 2010. The most money that a third Republican gubernatorial candidate, Tom Campbell, ever earned was as the dean of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley -- about $300,000 per year. That would make him the pauper in the primary.
A neighbor in her 30s, a very fine woman, recently had a child with her boyfriend. They live together.
On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London. The joint communiqué essentially announces a global economic union with uniform regulations and bylaws for all nations, including the United States.
Most adults (64%) who use the internet at least occasionally say they are very or somewhat comfortable using credit cards to make purchases online, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
From April 6-7, 2009, Rasmussen Reports is asking adults which system is better - capitalism or socialism? We want you to predict what percentage of people will say capitalism is a better system in American society.
From April 6-7, 2009, Rasmussen Reports is asking if they think that the who they think pays a larger share of their income in taxes--wealthy Americans or middle-class Americans. We want you to predict what percentage will say middle income Americans pay a larger share of their income in taxes.
From April 6-7, 2009, Rasmussen Reports is asking if they think that the U.S. tax system should be simplified so that everyone pays the same percentage of tax on their income. We want you to predict what percentage of people will say yes and agree everyone should pay the same percentage of income taxes.
Two-thirds of U.S. voters (67%) now have a favorable opinion of Michelle Obama, including 43% who hold a Very Favorable view of America’s new First Lady.
