Despite Blockades, Voters Still Like Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
Two federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked President Trump’s latest attempt at a travel ban, but roughly half of voters still want one.
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October 20, 2017
October 20, 2017
Is Liberalism a Dying Faith? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Asked to name the defining attributes of the America we wish to become, many liberals would answer that we must realize our manifest destiny since 1776, by becoming more equal, more diverse and more democratic -- and the model for mankind's future.
Equality, diversity, democracy -- this is the holy trinity of the post-Christian secular state at whose altars Liberal Man worships.
October 20, 2017
More Voters OK With Taxpayers Cushioning Spike in Obamacare Rates
Without the cost-sharing subsidies to insurers, Obamacare premiums are expected to rise 20% to 50%, and more voters are now willing to front those costs to help cushion the blow for those who can’t afford it.
October 20, 2017
Democrats Yelp as Trump Upholds Constitution By Michael Barone
Donald Trump is criticized, often justly, for misstatements of facts and failure to understand the details of public policy. But in two of his most recent controversial actions, he has taken stands upholding the rule of law and undoing the lawless behavior of his most recent predecessor.
October 19, 2017
Voters Less Upset with Bowe Bergdahl Prisoner Swap
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty this week to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
October 19, 2017
Most Say Men, Women Are Equally Capable
“Anything you can do, I can do better,” so the song goes. And both men and women seem to agree.
October 19, 2017
Underneath It All: Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates By Geoffrey Skelley
While November’s political spotlight will shine brightest on the gubernatorial contest at the top of the Virginia ticket between former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie (R) and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D), there will also be many interesting races down-ballot in the Old Dominion on Election Day. Not only will there be elections for the commonwealth’s two other statewide offices — lieutenant governor and attorney general — but all 100 House of Delegates seats will also be up for grabs. The General Assembly’s lower house will probably look a little different after Nov. 7, but the question is, how different?
October 18, 2017
Faith Rises In Government As Protector Of Religious Rights
Voters are nearly evenly split on whether the federal government is a protector of or threat to U.S. religious rights, but they are more inclined than in previous years to see it as a protector.
October 18, 2017
46% Have Been Sexually Harassed at Work or Know Someone Who Has
Amid growing allegations and criminal sexual assault charges against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, most Americans see sexual harassment in the workplace as a serious problem...
October 18, 2017
Trump Takes Wrecking Ball to the Swamp That Is D.C. By Charles Hurt
There is the old adage that if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. This has always been because the swamp contains the nastiest reptilian creatures that will just as soon strike you in the back as look at you.
October 18, 2017
62% Say Liberal Hollywood Has Negative Impact on Society
Americans continue to think the politics of Hollywood bend to the left and that the film industry has a negative impact on society.
October 18, 2017
Beware the Rape Allegation Bandwagon By Michelle Malkin
"#MeToo" is the social media meme of the moment. In a 24-hour period, the phrase was tweeted nearly a half million times and posted on Facebook 12 million times. Spearheaded by actress Alyssa Milano in the wake of Hollyweird's Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, women have flooded social media with their own long-buried accounts of being pestered, groped or assaulted by rapacious male predators in the workplace.
October 17, 2017
53% Now Support Contraceptive Mandate
President Trump rolled back an Obama-era mandate that required employer-based health care plans to cover prescription contraceptives. But new polling shows that support for such a mandate is up.
October 17, 2017
Most Disagree With Decision to Open Boy Scouts to Girls
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has announced plans to begin admitting girls into their ranks amid declining membership, but despite recognizing the difficulty in getting kids to become scouts, most Americans think Boy Scouts should just be for the boys.
October 17, 2017
Is War With Iran Now Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
With his declaration Friday that the Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest, President Donald Trump may have put us on the road to war with Iran.
October 16, 2017
31% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-one percent (31%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 12.
October 16, 2017
Voters See Positive NAFTA Changes As Likely
Voters remain critical of free trade in general but suspect that the ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) initiated by President Trump will produce something better for the United States.
October 16, 2017
Most Americans Say Individuals Responsible For Their Actions
Most Americans think individuals are responsible for their actions, but that people are held less accountable now than in the past.
October 14, 2017
What Would The U.S. Look Like if We Built it from Scratch? By Ted Rall
Imagine that there was another revolution. And that nothing big had changed. Demographics, power dynamics, culture, our economic system and political values were pretty much the same as they are now. If we Americans rolled up our sleeves and reimagined our political system from scratch, if we wrote up a brand-new constitution for 2017, what would a brand-spanking-new United States Version 2.0 look like today?
