Salad in a Jar — Or… how to eat dessert without dieting TomDispatch Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting It's Time to Recognize America's Huge Progressive Majority June 17, 2007 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The façade of conservative political dominance is crumbling. An exhaustive review released on June 13 of decades of public opinion research by the Campaign for America’s Future and Media Matters for America, using the most reputable, nonpartisan sources, leads to a simple conclusion: America is more progressive Common Sense Conversation than people think -- or, more precisely, than the conventional wisdom would lead them to believe. Start with the economy. For people caught on the wrong side of the economy, research by the University of Michigan National Election Studies reveals that 69 percent of Americans believe government should care for those who can’t care for themselves. These Americans are challenging a central plank of modern conservatism. On social issues too, Americans are more progressive than they are typically credited. Even terrorism is losing its bite.
I Married an Omnivore! — Easy vegetarian recipes and dishes that meat eaters will love, too! JohnPilger.com - the films and journalism of John Pilger Millard Fillmore's Bathtub Pew Forum: The Religious Dimensions of the Torture Debate Updated May 7, 2009 Amid intense public debate over the use of torture against suspected terrorists, an analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life of a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press illustrates differences in the views of four major religious traditions in the U.S. about whether torture of suspected terrorists can be justified. Differences in opinion on this issue also are apparent based on frequency of attendance at religious services. However, statistical analysis that simultaneously examines correlations between views on torture, partisanship, ideology and demographic variables (including religion, education, race, etc.) finds that party and ideology are much better predictors of views on torture than are religion and most other demographic factors (See “The Torture Debate: A Closer Look“). Data from a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 14-21, 2009, among 742 American adults.