Polls and surveys can reveal what people believe, but they can also be designed to shape what people believe. In this Finding Truth coffee conversation, Cletus Taylor explains how loaded questions, selective sampling, answer scales, timing, and headline framing can turn public opinion into packaged persuasion—and how A Student of Truth can spot the difference.

Intelligence is not the same as evidence. This Finding Truth coffee chat looks at Gulf of Tonkin, Iraq WMD, and today’s headlines to ask how citizens can take threats seriously without rushing uncertainty into certainty.

What does it mean to love America well? This Fourth of July reflection explores the difference between patriotism and nationalism, and why truth, humility, and civic responsibility matter more than ever.