One of the critical illnesses caused by generations of compulsory schooling and progressive propaganda, with their relativism and their socialization of thought, is the decay of nature's intellectual immune system, common sense.  A debilitating symptom of this disease is our modern obsession with, and deference to, political polls; or more precisely the ease with which poll data may be used by the media and the political class to manipulate mass perceptions and behavior. During the evening hours of January 9, The Drudge Report ran this banner headline: The linked story, from U.S. News & World Report, is headlined, "Trump Could Win It All."  This article, from January 8 -- more than twenty-four hours old at the time, but somehow worthy of top headline news status on Drudge -- describes a survey by Washington-based Mercury Analytics, gauging voters' responses to an online questionnaire and a Trump ad.  The survey's headline-worthy...(Read Full Article)