Just the social facts, ma'am

I have had a couple of posts about a question that asked people whether "other countries generally treat the United States about as ...

It is sometimes said that the left has a natural advantage on economic issues, while the right has a natural advantage on social issues.  Of...

This post extends a few points from my previous post.  In that one, I quoted Ross Douthat:  "America’s major political parties generall...

Ross Douthat had a column yesterday about why the parties are moving apart on immigration.  The key passage:  "the cycle started with ...

In March, I had a post on public opinion concerning busing in the 1970s.  I didn't expect that to become an issue in the presidential c...

Paul Krugman recently had a column about the influence of rich people--"the 0.1 percent, or maybe the 0.01 percent"--on policy.  ...

In my last post, I noted that between 1998 and 2014 Democratic elites, Republican elites, and the public all became less likely to say that ...