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Monday, April 21, 2014

WASHINGTON SECRETS

The study reviewed three years of news in the two weeks before Easter and found that about 89 percent of the references to the holy day were to secular topics, not religion.

Study: TV networks have 'War on Easter'

A three-year study of how network news refers to "Easter" reveals that by a margin of 500-56, reports that mention the word or "Easter season" choose a secular path linking it to candy Peeps, frilly clothes and cocktails over Christ's resurrection.

Zogby Report Card: Russia's winning, and Obama has few options

Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama has a real problem on his hands: a lack of options in dealing with issues like Russia, immigration, Syria and the Middle East.

Poll: More union members, 52%, fear the government than gun owners, 42%

More than half of the nation's union members, most of whose Washington-based executives support President Obama and use dues to support Democrats, fear the government, a remarkably high number that even tops the 42 percent of gun owners who fear Uncle Sam, according to a new poll.

On life support: HHS's Kathleen Sebelius 17 points down in Kansas Senate race

When Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finally leaves Washington and returns home for a potential Senate challenge, the former governor is going to find out that she's not in her old Kansas anymore.

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