What are the odds California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acrostic nastygram could have happened by random chance? My opening bid is about one in 10 billion. That’s not the right answer, but it does... [continue]

The New York Times is reporting that the Obama administration plans to order deep cuts in executive compensation at companies that have received federal bailout funds – a move that draws broad and... [continue]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had some pretty harsh criticism of our latest poll today, charging in a radio interview that it was “deliberately rigged.” He's entitled, of course, to his opinion.... [continue]

With talks underway in Vienna today, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly suspect Iran of trying to produce nuclear weapons – but by wide margins prefer diplomacy or... [continue]

While public reaction to Barack Obama's award remains to be seen, past Nobel Peace Prizes for political figures have not always reflected or engendered broad public support. In a Gallup poll in... [continue]

Significant public compunctions mark the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan – more a gradual shift in Americans’ attitudes than a sudden change, but a reassessment nonetheless, one that in... [continue]

A new study on the level of “autism spectrum disorders” in the United States is sober and circumspect. Some of today’s reporting about it has been less so. The report, based on the federal... [continue]