Poll: 66% of voters say U.S. heading in wrong direction

A Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday shows that 66 percent of “likely U.S. voters” say the country is heading in the wrong direction; 27 percent are happy with the direction America is headed.

That breaks down a little differently when talking about race and political party affiliation.

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American Global Influence in One Chart

Via Andrew Sullivan, who insightfully notes that we’re the only country whose prestige is on the rise in the eyes of our international fellows.

America, the Insatiable

Among Capitol Hill’s most common platitudes is this idea that the average voter in Des Moines or Waco or San Luis Obispo is well-enough versed in Medicare law, derivatives markets and climate science to dictate the precise policies coming out of Washington. It isn’t true, of course. The average voter More…

‘Flying While Muslim,’ the New ‘Driving While Black’

The Washington Post reports that a large group of Muslim travelers were removed from a flight Thursday at a Washington-area airport after one of them made a comment about airline safety.

Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from

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Ohio Boy No More?

St. Paul–Standing on the floor of the Xcel center last night made me embarrassed about where I come from. Born in Ohio to immigrant parents, with a father who came from nothing — meaning no shoes till he was nine — who then rose to the supposed academic elite, I’ve More…