by jpitney | Aug 20, 2021 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Democracy, Insurrection
At USA Today, Tom Nichols writes about his new book, Our Own Worst Enemy. [Our] democracy now practically must run on autopilot independently of a public that is happily and willfully ignorant of the issues and wants nothing to do with the dreary business of...
by jpitney | Aug 19, 2021 | Economic Policy
From CBO: The share of federal taxes paid by households in the highest quintile increased from 55 percent in 1979 to 70 percent in 2018. That group’s share of income before transfers and taxes also increased over the period but less than its share of federal taxes....
by jpitney | Aug 18, 2021 | Crime, Public Opinion
Joseph M. Bessette and J. Andrew Sinclair at RealClearPolicy look at detailed public opinion data about the death penalty. To provide a rough summary of our findings: We can divide the electorate into three groups of different sizes. About a fifth of American voters...
by jpitney | Aug 16, 2021 | Foreign Policy
Afghan journalists are “absolutely petrified, particularly women journalists,” as the Taliban regains control of Afghanistan, CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports on “Reliable Sources.” Ward says these “courageous” journalists know...
