Just the social facts, ma'am

Almost everyone who's paid attention to the issue believes that inequality has been increasing in the last few decades:  specifically, a...

Since 1987, a number of surveys (mostly by Pew) have asked people whether they agree or disagree that "When something is run by the gov...

Since 1990, the General Social Survey has asked "What do you think the chances are these days that a white person won't get a job o...

Most research on subjective happiness has found that education doesn't make any difference once you control for income.  That is, if you...

The Gallup poll used to have a fair number of questions on issues of everyday life.    In 1950, they asked "If you were a young man and...

Last February, a CBS/New York Times survey asked people if the policies proposed by several candidates for the Republican nomination "f...

As I understand it, the recent scandal involving the IRS is about applications for a particular kind of tax-exempt status, not about audits...