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Apr 12 2021
Perspectives Blog
It’s Not Just Them: Research Suggests Irrational Biases Across the Political Spectrum
In our increasingly polarized age, it has become commonplace to attribute our political opponents’ beliefs to their irrationality. Advancements in psychology seem to validate this view: we are prone to confirmation bias, engage in motivated reasoning, and become self-insulated in social media information bubbles and echo chambers, etc.
As a result, society becomes more polarized, with
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Dec 02 2014
News
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Online Free Speech Case Criminalizing Provocative Facebook Postings
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that will significantly impact expression on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. In filing an amicus brief in Anthony D. Elonis v. United States of America, The Rutherford Institute argues that the First Amendment protects even inflammatory statements that may give offense or cause concern to others unless the statements were
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Oct 04 2012
Opinion
Delayed Recovery Historically Slow
In his third State of the Union address, President Obama, pointing to two years of job growth and the fastest job creation since 2005, argued that Americas economy is roaring back. These positive numbers lack context: In normal economic times they would represent healthy growth, but in the aftermath of the worst recession in two generations they represent a historically slow recovery. New jobs
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Sep 23 2016
News
Cam Newton weighs in on Charlotte shooting after denying race issue previously
Cam Newton finds himself in a no-win situation on matters of race these days, something he mentioned on Wednesday when asked about the shooting death of Charlotte-area resident Keith Lamont Scott by police.
“I’m in a position now where if I say something, it’s going to be critiqued,” the Carolina Panthers quarterback said, “and if I don’t say something, then I’m flawed.”
He’s
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Oct 02 2012
News
Romney, Obama Butt Heads On Role Of Government
President Obama and Mitt Romney have been sparring over who gets credit for economic success in America. Romney has been criticizing a remark the president made last Friday.
MITT ROMNEY: He said this: If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
SIEGEL: As we'll hear in a moment, that's only part of what the president said during an appearance
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Jun 25 2020
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Right-Wing Voices Decry Black Lives Matter's 'Cultural Revolution'
Some columnists, commentators and other right-rated voices are labeling the Black Lives Matter movement a far-left totalitarian movement to remake America from the bottom up, and are criticizing others on the right for not standing up to the purported infringement on America's democratic values.
Viewpoints on the subject have almost all come from the right side of the media spectrum.
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Jul 19 2019
News
Uncle Sam is hurting...and is now eyeing 16-year-olds to fill military ranks
The best way to fix the U.S. armed forces’ recruiting challenges may involve dipping further into the nation’s high schools.
As the Army, Navy and other services contend with a thriving economy and a directive to expand their ranks, there is a growing debate over whether the military should consider lowering the minimum enlistment age from 17 to 16. More than a dozen countries,
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Jul 19 2019
News
Big donor Steyer's presidential run could deny millions to other Democratic races
Billionaire Tom Steyer, a longtime friend and key donor to liberal candidates and causes, says he decided to run for the Democratic presidential nomination next year because no other candidate was offering a “mandate for change”.
But by deciding to fund his long-shot bid with $100 million of his own money, some Democratic activists believe all he will end up doing is denying his money
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May 16 2013
Opinion
Storm clouds gathering -- your safety, your freedoms and the Obama White House
Government is bad for personal freedom. That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or compels.Everything it owns it has taken from others. Much of what it says is divorced from the truth. President Obama, like President George W. Bush, has argued that his first job is to keep America safe, and Read more: http://
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Nov 17 2014
News
Obama: We didn't deceive anyone to pass Obamacare
President Obama denied an accusation on Sunday that he had misled voters about his signature health care law in order to get it passed in 2010. "We had a yearlong debate. I mean, go back and look at your stories," Obama told reporters at the G20 summit in Australia Sunday. "The one thing we can't say is that, 'we did not have a lengthy debate about health care in the United states of America'
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