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...we’re not. The United States of America is a country that likes God—but at a comfy distance. A recent Newsweek poll suggests that 91 percent of Americans believe in God. The poll also finds that 82 percent of the population identifies itself as Christian, only four percent more than the CIA’s estimation of 78 percent. However despite weighty numbers, a 2006 Pew poll shows only a relatively paltry 40 percent attend religious services on a weekly basis. Most Americans want their president to believe in God but few want governance based...
According to a Mar/ 31 Newsweek poll, while 6 percent of respondents said they don’t believe in God at all, 3 percent officially declared themselves as atheist. This subtle yet meaningful disparity suggests that there is still a stigma associated with atheism...
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise though, given what most Americans think about atheists. In the same Newsweek poll, only 68 percent of respondents said they believe someone can be both atheist and moral, and a mere 38 percent of registered voters said that would even consider voting for a political candidate who is atheist. These startling figures make it clear why many nonbelievers treat the “A” word as a scarlet letter...
...senior editor of Newsweek berated the Bush administration for a lack of accountability and looked to the upcoming presidential elections to redeem America’s international reputation in a discussion with students, yesterday evening. Jonathan H. Alter ’79, who is also an NBC political correspondent, met with about 25 Harvard students to address the question, “The Bush Failure: Can the Next President Fix It?” The event was organized by Alter’s nephew Spencer B. Lazar ’07 as part of the “Conversations with...
...students, 66% of them white, 22% black and 4% hispanic. North Carolina designated it a School of Distinction; Lloyd Wimberley, who headed the school from 1996 to 2002, was named North Carolina Principal of the Year in 2002; and the school has consistently ranked in the top 20 on Newsweek magazine's list of best high schools in the country...