by Craig Nash | Aug 19, 2026 | News
Despite growing attention to online sports betting and cryptocurrency prediction markets, U.S. gambling is at a ten-year low, according to a recent Gallup study. The survey found that only 45% of respondents had participated in at least one form of gambling in the...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 3, 2026 | News
National pride is decreasing. Ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial this July 4, a new Gallup poll finds just 33% of citizens polled are “extremely proud” to be American, a quarter century low in Gallup polling that started in 2001. An additional 20% of respondents...
by Craig Nash | Mar 23, 2026 | News
People in the United States and Canada are among the least likely in the world to say gambling is wrong, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. In the U.S., 70% said gambling was either morally acceptable (20%) or not a moral issue (50%). Slightly more...
by Craig Nash | Mar 18, 2026 | Opinion
With Congress failing to pass a proposal to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) beyond 2025, more Americans are making drastic choices to pay for skyrocketing health insurance costs. A recent Gallup poll found that one-third of respondents have...
by Randall Balmer | Jan 22, 2026 | Opinion
While having dinner the other night at our local Mexican restaurant, a young couple was seated at the table beside us, the man wearing a black MAGA hat with “Trump” embroidered in the back. In the days leading up to this, Donald Trump had sent military troops into...