By Christy Barritt Americans at 13-Month Low Earlier this year, Gallup’s Life Evaluation Index, which measures how Americans feel about their current and future lives, fell to 47.2 on a scale of zero to 100. The number has been in decline for months. The index also showed a partisan split in the scores, verifying […]
In the World–March 4, 2012
By Christy Barritt Military Divorce Rates on the Rise The Defense Department released statistics confirming that the overall military divorce rate is increasing as part of a continued upward trend since 2001. Since 2001—when operations started in Afghanistan—the divorce rate among military couples has risen from 2.6 percent in 2001 to 3.7 percent in […]