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Survey: Do you believe in science?

February 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Demographics/Polls, Education, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science, Survey 2 comments

How much of science do people believe? In our 2016 survey, we did not ask “What weighs more, a ton of steel or a

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When reason comes from the mainstream media, it means so much more

May 28, 2012 Arthur Lieber Economy, Foreign Policy, Media, Obama, Religion in Politics, War Leave a comment

An internal argument among progressives is whether MSNBC is an honest, objective source of broadcast news or whether it is just a liberal foil

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What acknowledging our mistakes looks like (in case we don’t know)

June 21, 2010 Arthur Lieber Politics, Sports Leave a comment

One of the best things that has happened to politicians over the past year is that several individuals in the worlds of sports and

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