Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 13, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Americans' Ratings of U.S. Professions Stay Historically Low Lydia Saad, Gallup Three in four Americans consider nurses highly honest and ethical, making them the most trusted of 23 professions rated in Gallup’s annual measurement. Grade-school teachers rank second, with 61% viewing them highly. The least trusted professions, with more than half of U.S. adults saying their ethics are low or very low, are lobbyists, members of Congress and TV reporters.
U.S. Image Among NATO Allies Improved Under Biden Julie Ray, Gallup
Surveys of Consumers: Preliminary Results for January 2025 Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan
Fighting Fires—and the Rumor Mill—as L.A. Burns Scott Calvert and Joshua Chaffin, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] L.A.’s wildfires have leaders fighting on two fronts: Nature and politics Maegan Vazquez, Mariana Alfaro and Ben Brasch, Washington Post ‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change David Siders, Politico Magazine The Los Angeles fires won’t affect climate denial. They should. Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post [unlocked] This Economy Is Too Good for Donald Trump Paul Krugman, Krugman wonks out Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs Theodore Schleifer and Madeleine Ngo, New York Times [unlocked] Germany’s far right seeks electoral legitimacy from Trump administration James Angelos, Politico ‘I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad’: The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump Michael Hirsh, Politico Magazine
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The Takeout