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[Whites’ Views on Obama] By Marital Status and Children


Whites are mostly negative about Obama, as consistently only around 30% approve of him (despite the Nobel Peace Prize). This 30% figure is far from the whole story. Wide differences in outlook on Obama within the White population are worth … Continue reading

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Newt Gingrich’s Ancestors: Apple Falls Close to Tree Again


A man with a disgraceful history of loose sexual morals and lack of discipline, it turns out, is descended from people with loose sexual morals and lacks of discipline. Newt Gingrich (Birth name Newton Leroy McPherson). Born Harrisburg PA, June … Continue reading

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Share of births to unmarried mothers, by race, 1990-2010


On social change in the 1990s and 2000s: Questions 1.) What is driving the growth in unmarried motherhood among Whites and Hispanics? 2.) Implications of a rising White unmarried-motherhood rate: Births to unmarried white mothers went from 1-in-6 births in … Continue reading

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Senegal: Polygamy causes 1-in-5 young men to lack a wife


Imagine a society with 4 single young females for every 5 single young males. Senegal is such a place. Its marriage market is akin to a pyramid scheme, with older men taking younger wives, depriving lots of young men from … Continue reading

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