Now Al Gore is criticizing George W. Bush's proposal to reduce our nuclear arsenal as being too dangerous. Gore, taking a page from Clinton's play book, is moving to the right in order to appeal to a broad base of voters as possible. Pundits call this moving to the center, but Gore's already passed the center and is still going strong. He supports unrestricted free trade, the teaching of Creationism in schools, and now, maintaining our country's nuclear arsenal at a level completely removed from necessity, safety, and reason. Look for Ralph Nader to reach further into Gore's presumed constituency as the election draws closer.
Nothing is more dangerous than misinterpreted statistics.
Political organizations and corporations have long used polls that are confusingly worded or obviously biased to show support for their positions. That conclusion is based on a single piece of data that likely has nothing to do with Napster. Researchers looked at album sales at record stores near colleges and found that they've dropped over the last two years. But it also shows that total music sales are up significantly in the same time period and then ignores it completely. So while total album sales are increasing, the record industry is floundering around looking for an excuse to clamp down on Napster.