But the Latest Poll Shows They Support Tax Increases to Balance the Budget Anyway The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Jefferson woke me up at 3:40 this morning when he jumped into the bed and wanted to be petted on the chest. But you know dogs are mostly selfish creatures, like a lot of humans…
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On the Tyranny of the Majority
Guest Column by Gerald W. Johnson Capital Survey Research Center Winston Churchill, in a speech to the House of commons on Nov. 11, 1947, stated, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” What Churchill meant is that democracy is both a…
Alabama Legislature’s Idea of Ethics Outlaws Public Opinion Polling
The Capital Survey Research Center, the polling division of the Alabama Education Association, suspended operation this week due to the so-called ethics reform bill passed by the Alabama Legislature in the final session of Gov. Bob Riley’s lame-duck second term. According to a news release sent out Wednesday via e-mail, Senate Bill 2, enacted into…
