Being fair as a pollster isn't that hard if you don't have an agenda. The same can be said of opinion pieces, as long as you can persuade readers to join you in weighing all sides of an issue. So here's my go at interjecting reality into some contemporary issues that often have been distorted.

Mainstream media pundits gave Newt Gingrich "A's" for his stage performance in Des Moines on Saturday night.