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June 26, 2015

The Media's Vile Attacks on Conservative Assimilationists By Michelle Malkin

I have had enough of smug liberal elites wrapped in their "Celebrate Diversity" banners tearing down minority conservatives.   

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June 26, 2015

GOP Voters Weigh In On Bobby Jindal

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is the latest addition to the crowded Republican field in 2016, but he ranks low among GOP voters.

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June 26, 2015

Facing a Changing World Balance, Obama Makes Odd Choices by Michael Barone

Is the world back to where it was around the year 1800? One could come to that conclusion after reading British historian John Darwin's recent book "After Tamerlane," which assesses the rises and falls of empires after the death in 1405 of the famously bloodthirsty Muslim Mongol monarch.

June 26, 2015

Voters Stress the Importance of Marriage Before Kids

Voters still strongly believe the order of events, marriage then children, is important in starting a family.

June 25, 2015

Voters Say No to Government Role in Neighborhood Diversity

With the Department of Housing and Urban Development ready to release new regulations meant to diversify wealthy neighborhoods, American voters overwhelmingly say that it is not the government’s job to try to bring those of different income levels to live together.

June 25, 2015

This Week in Polling: Voters Split on Gay Marriage But 33% Said Laws Should Be a State Decision

Fewer voters than ever now see marriage as a civil institution, and they’re still fairly torn on the issue of gay marriage.

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June 25, 2015

The 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.

June 24, 2015

Should 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.

June 24, 2015

Marriage 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.

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June 24, 2015

Mankiller 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."

June 24, 2015

Voters 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.

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June 24, 2015

Holy 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.

June 23, 2015

Voters 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.

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June 23, 2015

Hillary 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.   

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June 23, 2015

Clinton'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.

June 22, 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 ending June 18.

June 22, 2015

Most 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.

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June 22, 2015

If 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.    

June 22, 2015

Should 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.

June 20, 2015

What 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.