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Eyes Closed, Minds Shut Tight

According to a recent article in the American Sociological Review, rejection of science is on the rise: Just over 34 percent of conservatives had confidence in science as an institution in 2010, representing a long-term decline from 48 percent in 1974, according to a paper being published today in American Sociological Review. That represents a [...]
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Scholar At Conservative Think Tank Basically Just Told Other Conservatives To Shut Up About The National Debt

Politics : Business Insider: Politix (4 months ago)

You know the deficit argument is all but over when one conservative tells other conservatives to shut up about it, already.American Enterprise Institute's John H. Makin has a long new argument today, in which he said that worrying a... Read Post

The Evolution Of The Anti-Science Party

Politics : The Daily Dish By Andrew Sullivan (last year)

A new study in the American Sociological Review examined how conservative trust of science has declined over the years. The problem is more pronounced among the educated: Conservatives with high school degrees, bachelor’s degrees, a... Read Post

Study: More Conservatives Than Ever Distrust Science

US Politics / Liberal : The Wonk Room (last year)

Just 35 percent of self-identified conservatives said they had a “great deal of trust in science” in 2010, a new report published in the journal American Sociological Review reveals. The finding marks a 28 percent decline since the ... Read Post


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