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    Part 1. 113 Million Internet Users Seek Health Information Online

    Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information – the same portion as in 2002 and 2004. Eighty percent of American internet users have searched for information on at least one major health topic online, the same portion as in 2002 and 2004.[2.numoffset=”2″ “Health Information Online” (Pew Internet & American Life Project, […]

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    The Real Message of the Midterms

    A sweeping election tends to invite sweeping conclusions — and the Democrats’ takeover of both houses of Congress this November provides a tempting array of opportunities for exaggeration or misinterpretation. With that in mind, let’s look at the major lessons to be gleaned from the exit polls and opinion polls about how America voted this November.

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    Online Health Search 2006

    Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.

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    The Christmas Wars: Religion in the American Public Square

    Washington, D.C. Every year as the holiday season gets underway, debates break out across the country over the appropriateness of religious displays in public spaces, such as crèches and menorahs placed in town halls. But the so-called “Christmas wars” are only a small part of a much larger debate concerning the proper place of religion […]

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    Religion in a Globalizing World

    Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists and distinguished scholars gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Peter Berger, professor emeritus of religion, sociology and theology at Boston University, examined the globalization of religious pluralism and how the […]

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    Birth Control and “Conscience Clauses”

    That’s the percentage of Americans who oppose allowing pharmacists to refuse to sell birth control pills for religious reasons. Fewer than one-in-five (17%) express support for this type of “conscience clause” exemption.