Several ThePulse2016 contributors, including Steve Lonegan, Ralph Benko, Frank Cannon, Terry Schilling, Shane Vander Hart, and others, have flown out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a historic monetary policy conference organized by the American Principles Project.There are three major conferences taking place in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week, and they all focus on the same issue: monetary policy.The Federal Reserve is having their annual symposium. Fed Up, a left-wing organization, is holding a counter-conference demanding that the Fed keep interest rates low, print more money, and bail out states and municipalities that are deep in debt.[...]
It's no secret that opposing same-sex marriage is an unpopular position among the media and political elite, but among the American people, the debate is wide open. An AP poll taken last month showed a dead tie between support for same-sex marriage (31%) and opposition (31%). Another poll by Democratic pollster Pat Caddell, also last month, found an overwhelming majority opposes using same-sex marriage as a bludgeon against the religious freedom of those who dare to disagree with elite opinion. Perhaps most tellingly is that support for same-sex marriage has gone down, not up, since the Supreme Court ruled for it in June, as verified by three separate polls.[...]
For all candidates who have taken a “wait and see” approach on the federally supported Common Core State Standards, the results are in, and they don’t look good for Common Core. A new PDK/Gallup poll takes a comprehensive look at how public school parents look at education, with some very revealing results.[...]
[caption id="attachment_7888" align="alignright" width="300"] A Planned Parenthood facility in St. Paul, MN (photo credit: Fibonacci Blue via Flickr, CC BY 2.0)[/caption][...]