The Smear by John Stossel
This week my TV show is on gun control. I interviewed activist Leah Barrett, who wants stricter gun laws.
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December 2, 2015
December 2, 2015
Most Oppose Obama Acting On His Own Against Global Warming
Most voters now think global warming requires urgent attention but still believe President Obama and Congress need to decide together on the course of action.
December 2, 2015
Deadly D.C.: The Land of No Consequences By Michelle Malkin
In life and leadership, accountability means consequences for bad behavior.
December 2, 2015
Obama’s Full-Month Approval Hits New 2015 Low
When tracking President Obama’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.
December 1, 2015
Voters Think Islamic Religious Leaders Need to Speak Out More for Peace
Unlike President Obama, U.S. voters think the United States is at war with radical Islamic terrorism and remain wary of the Islamic religion as a whole.
December 1, 2015
History Returns Violently in the Mediterranean and Beyond By Michael Barone
Sometimes you can learn something about today's world from a history book -- even a book about obscure characters in a long-ago time in a far-away corner of the planet, featuring conflicts between regimes that ceased existing at least a century ago. For me, one such book has been "Agents of Empire," by the Oxford historian Noel Malcolm, gaudily subtitled "Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World."
December 1, 2015
A Resurgence of Intolerance by Thomas Sowell
Storm trooper tactics by bands of college students making ideological demands across the country, and immediate preemptive surrender by college administrators -- such as at the University of Missouri recently -- bring back memories of the 1960s, for those of us old enough to remember what it was like being there, and seeing first-hand how painful events unfolded.
December 1, 2015
Voters Still Want Changes in Obamacare
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate is set to vote this week on whether to repeal the national health care law, but voters tend to think a piecemeal approach to fixing Obamacare is a better route than scrapping it altogether.
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 29, 2015 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
November 30, 2015
28% 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 of Thanksgiving.
November 30, 2015
Pace of Holiday Spending Remains High
Americans are either in a bigger spending mood this holiday season or just more eager to get their shopping done. The number who say they have begun their seasonal shopping has jumped to a record level following the Black Friday sales.
November 30, 2015
Clinton or Trump - Who Will Keep Us Safe?
It’s a draw. Voters are evenly divided when asked which presidential front-runner would best keep this country safe from terrorism.
November 28, 2015
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending November 28, 2015
The Thanksgiving weekend gives us all a needed break to catch our breath from the world’s pressing events and to remind us what we are really thankful for. But Americans are also increasingly aware that some folks out there aren’t all that thankful for America.
November 27, 2015
More Voters Support Government Tracking of Muslims
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he would support government tracking of Muslims living in the United States through a federal database, a plan his fellow GOP rivals say is going too far. Still, one-in-three voters - and a slight plurality of Republicans - support government monitoring of Muslims.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 32% of Likely U.S. Voters believe most individual Muslims should be monitored by the government as potential terrorists. Most (52%) are opposed to such a plan, but 16% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 17-18, 2015 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
November 27, 2015
Here's Something You Should Be Thankful For: Work By Michael Barone
Sure, that sounds counterintuitive. Thanksgiving Thursday is the first day of a (for most of us) four-day weekend, a time devoted to gorging on comfort food and nonstop viewing of college and professional football games.
November 27, 2015
Those in Uniform Past and Present Want More Spent on Defense
Regardless of who wins the presidential election in 2016, Americans who are currently serving or have previously served in the armed forces hope he or she raises military spending.
November 26, 2015
Americans Will Be Home for Thanksgiving
More Americans will be home this year for Thanksgiving, a holiday they still attach a lot of importance to.
November 25, 2015
Have a Happy, Politics-Free Thanksgiving By Michelle Malkin
Many people naturally assume that since I work in political journalism, I must breathe, drink and eat politics 24/7/365 -- including on the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 25, 2015
With Americans shaken by terrorism, Obama defaults to snide lecturing By Charles Hurt
Why, dirty Americans, do you hate people from exotic, war-torn places? Why do you despise other cultures? Why do you so hate freedom of religion?
November 25, 2015
Self-Defenseless by John Stossel
What might have happened if a few of the 1,500 concert attendees in Paris' Bataclan theater had guns? The terrorists had time to kill, reload and kill again. The police unit didn't come for more than a half hour. If a few people in the theater were armed, might they have killed the killers?
November 25, 2015
Most Will Be on the Lookout This Thanksgiving
Americans will have their eyes open this Thanksgiving holiday with the threat of terrorism in the air. A lot fewer plan to travel, too.
