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 A few years ago, I compiled information from a number of surveys and concluded that perceived discrimination against blacks increased shar...

 A couple of weeks ago, I had a post on declining public confidence in universities.   Most people who've written on this topic say that...

 A few thoughts in the wake of Tuesday's election: 1.  The basic story: the voters who put Trump over the top in 2024 were expecting som...

 Andrew Gelman had a post on " the last time that it seemed that the United States was coming apart, in the late 1960s. "  He says...

 Megan McArdle writes "Public trust in universities has plummeted over the past decade, among independents as well as conservatives,...

In my last post, I suggested that opinion differences between elites and the public didn't fall into the standard left/right pattern; th...

  Ross Douthat writes "the political right has plenty of popular support but considerably less influence inside the managerial systems...