LOS ANGELES — Disney has joined in making jokes at the expense of Tiger Woods even as a new poll shows the embattled billionaire golf star’s popularity sinking to levels usually reserved for politicians. Woods has remained in seclusion since the sex scandal firestorm around him began four weeks ago…
Most believe moral values suffered under Bush, poll says WASHINGTON — The jury is in on the Bush decade, and it’s not looking good. At least according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. A decisive 58 percent of respondents described the 2000-2009 years as “awful” or “not so good.”…
A seemingly well meaning poll aimed at raising awareness of a proposed Ugandan law that would subject gay men and women to execution found itself in the middle of reader ire after its wording raised questions about the underlying premise of the poll. Posted on a BBC talkboard, the poll…
According to organizers in California, next year the state will vote on a measure to legalize marijuana. Though the state’s bar is set high for ballot measures to be put before voters, requiring some 433,971 valid signatures, marijuana legalization activists claim to have collected 680,000, according to a published report.…