Month: November 2009

What do you want to hear from President Obama in his speech on Afghanistan tomorrow?

Is Sarah Palin popular among Republicans? In the poll, taken amid the media whirlwind surrounding the release of her memoir “Going Rogue,” more [Republicans and Republican-leaning independents] cite Palin than other...

Covered this month: Suspects of Terrorism and Due Process Race in the Age of Obama This month’s insight into the public mind is on rights for suspects of terrorism and due process, and racial attitudes in the age of Obama,...

The Senate meets today at 2pm, with debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (PPACA) starting at 3pm. The House meets tomorrow, and David Waldman tells us what they’ll be up to. After all,...

Reform would make us a more decent society, but also a less vibrant one. It would ease the anxiety of millions at the cost of future growth. It would heal a wound in the social fabric while piling another expensive and...