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Yale Freshmen More Alternative-Sexual Than Conservative — And Almost As Much As Either Protestant or Catholic

Matthew McDonald

More incoming Yale freshmen surveyed identify as homosexual, bisexual, or transsexual than conservative – and almost as many as those who identify as Protestant or Catholic.

The results are based on a survey by Yale Daily News of incoming freshmen. About 55 percent responded.

Democrat Front-Runner for 2020 Wages Class-Warfare Campaign
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Democrat Front-Runner for 2020 Wages Class-Warfare Campaign

Ira Stoll

A recent poll shows Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts leading the 2020 Democratic presidential primary field in neighboring New Hampshire. The New York Times is following her encouragingly around early-voting Nevada. Maybe it's time, though, to start paying some more skeptical attention to Warren.

The former Harvard Law School professor who has claimed American Indian ancestry — President Trump calls her "Pocahontas," the Republican National Committee calls her "Fauxcahontas" — would be 71 on Election Day 2020.

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