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By quantitatively assessing public opinions, Kohut’s polls give a voice to people who aren’t normally heard.

Polling, Kohut says, is both an art and a science.

Kohut talks about all things poll-related.

Third-party candidates usuaully don’t have a viable party to back them, Kohut says.

This was a time when we struggled with faltering world leadership, economic development, and the ascendance of technology.

The retiring President’s legacy is always a subject of debate, Kohut says.

Kohut’s polls show that our concern for the environment is finally catching up with worries over weapons, hunger and poverty.

We are a politically, economically, racially polarized country, Kohut says.

Kohut has a philosophy of keeping his own philosophy out of the way.

Creating snapshots of how ordinary people feel about the big issues is Kohut’s mission.

In college Kohut was drawn to the idea that attitudes, opinions, and personality types could be measured.

Maybe we should re-evaluate the whole idea of certainty.

The three branches of government can be mutually counter-productive.

We must redesign world economies so the poorest can lead decent lives, says Appiah.

What happens with global warming depends on our leadership.

A world that respects diverse human natures is critical.

The conversation of religion is full of lessons.

The personal philosophy of Kwame Anthony Appiah.

Past philosophers and thinkers who have influenced Appiah’s work.

It’s important to apply our identities in relation to context and people.

We should find a middle ground to moderate the our extremes of identity.

Appiah talks about how his many identities come together to define him.

Philosophers ask the big questions.

A man of multiple backgrounds.

In freedom there is strength.

Although people don’t feel that their lives have been directly changed by the Iraq war, they do feel that it changed their perception of the government, and of America’s role […]

Excessive trust in executive power can be dangerous.

Presidents who take power in a time when Americans are feeling disillusioned, or in some way defeated must be naturally good at restoring American sense of self-confidence.

“It is an important part of the story that America had . . . that you had a period preceding those wars of enormous success � both relative prosperity at […]

Rubell says there are three types of restaurants, and she loves them all.