by jpitney | Dec 9, 2025 | Public Opinion, Violence, Youth
Fall 2025 Harvard Youth Poll: Across the measures we tested, most young people do not endorse political violence. But a substantial minority tell us that they are willing to justify it in certain, situational contexts — and those attitudes reflect emotional and...
by jpitney | Dec 8, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
From the Northwestern Medill Local News Initiative: For the fourth consecutive year, the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications conducted a months-long, county-by-county survey...
by jpitney | Dec 7, 2025 | Conservative'
Robert P. George at WP: The intrusion of fundamentally anti-conservative ideas into American conservatism is connected to the rise of illiberalism on the left. For over a decade now, “wokeism” has produced authoritarian groupthink — genuine cancel culture — in...
by jpitney | Dec 6, 2025 | civic virtue, Civility
by jpitney | Dec 5, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger: When the House returned to work on Nov. 17 after a 43-day government shutdown and a 54-day recess ordered by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), it was a bitter homecoming. The usual backslapping and camaraderie were missing, replaced by a startlingly...
