Just the social facts, ma'am

The survey I discussed in my last post also included this:  "Here is a question about the actor, Charlie Sheen. As you may know, he fre...

In the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney said he would eliminate federal funding for PBS.   President Obama and other Democrats have fr...

Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, had a piece in the NY Times today entitled "Why Are States So Red and Blue?," ...

There are a lot of formulas that predict the outcome of presidential elections from economic conditions.   One of the best, in my opinion, w...

Since the 1970s, self-described "conservatives" have outnumbered "liberals" by a substantial margin, often almost 2:1. ...

In March 2010, a Pew survey asked "Would you favor or oppose allowing an American state to secede and become independent from the coun...

Gallup/CNN/USA Today polls asked the following question "Which comes closest to you view of the way George W. Bush won the 2000 presid...