Take it from a sociologist and journalist: sociology is a science that is not really a science, and journalism is a professional activity that does not have a specific professional activity. Sociologists and journalists share some vices, if we leave…
There are two approaches to election prognostications. One is talked about ad infinitum as the election date approaches. The other is almost never mentioned, because it is not run by the media. The former group include the pollsters — the…
Cautious optimism. That’s how David Catron, a frequent contributor and columnist for The American Spectator, looks at the poll numbers for the 2024 election. (Read his column here.) On today’s episode of The Spectacle, Catron joins hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay to discuss…
WASHINGTON — With Election Day some six months away, President Joe Biden has record-low approval ratings in national polls. According to Gallup, Biden’s 38.7 percent approval rating is, historically, the lowest of any president in his first term in office….
Happiness is an odd thing to measure. To begin with, it’s incredibly subjective. For instance, let’s suppose you’re a Gallup pollster and you ask me, “Were you happy last year?” while I’m listening to Pachelbel’s organ fugues on the Magnificat…
Former President Donald Trump is already performing well in polls against President Joe Biden; however, he may be stronger than realized. This is a conclusion that could be drawn from a recent poll showing independents to be a much larger…
A good many years ago after Robert Bork’s opponents had turned his last name into a term for character assassination, I was sitting in an auditorium with Judge Bork at the lectern delivering his classic book-title Slouching Towards Gomorrah speech. Obviously, it…
The U.S. economy is showing dangerous signs of decline under Democratic leadership. Last Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that GDP fell 1.4 percent in the first quarter, marking an abrupt change from the 6.9 percent growth in the previous quarter….
In what might have been a seminal moment in American political history, NASCAR driver Brandon Brown won his first race on the circuit over the weekend. Brown took his national series victory Saturday with a win in the Xfinity Series…
