Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

2007

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    ’Heroic Conservatism’: A Conversation with Author Michael Gerson

    Washington, D.C. http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?autostart=false&brandname=Pew%20Forum&brandlink=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion&showplayerpath=http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf&file=http://pewforum.blip.tv/rss/flash?sort=date&nsfw=dc&user=pewforum&showguidebutton=false&showsharebutton=true&showfsbutton=true&showplaylist=true The Pew Forum invited former presidential speechwriter Michael Gerson to discuss his new book, Heroic Conservatism, with Forum senior advisors Michael Cromartie and E.J. Dionne Jr. and a select group of journalists. Gerson was challenged to define “heroic conservatism” and critique the Bush administration’s record on implementing the “compassionate conservative” philosophy Gerson […]

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    Witnesses to Exorcisms

    That’s the number of American adults who say they have experienced or witnessed an exorcism, when the devil or evil spirits are driven out of a person.

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    GenNexters Say “We’re Really Different!”

    That’s the percentage of young Americans (ages 18-25) who see their generation as unique and distinct from other generations. This sentiment is held by young people across the board — men, women, conservative, moderate, white and non-white.

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    Mixed Views of both Mormon and Muslim Faiths

    Slightly more than half of the U.S. public (53%) say they have a favorable opinion of both Mormons and Muslim Americans, although most say they know little or nothing about either faith.

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    Rating Pope Benedict’s Performance

    That’s the percentage of the U.S. public that thinks that Pope Benedict XVI is doing an excellent or good job at promoting good relations with other major religions; this compares with 46% who say he is doing only a fair or poor job.

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    Bill Clinton’s Possible Return

    That’s the percentage of Americans who say that the former president would have a positive influence on his wife, if she wins the presidency.

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    Republicans Increasingly Critical of Party

    Just 36% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say the Republican Party does an excellent or good job of standing up for traditional GOP positions.

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    Turmoil in Pakistan Grabs the Media’s Attention

    With the exception of the war in Iraq, international affairs tend not to generate major media interest. But General Pervez Musharraf’s Nov. 3 declaration of emergency rule in Pakistan proved to be a dramatic exception to that rule—and there may be several disquieting reasons why.

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