It’s all in how you ask the question

Anybody who has flipped on the tube to some courtroom drama has heard the phrase: “Objection! Leading the witness.”The point of the objection is, you can’t ask a question that provokes the answer you’re looking for. Too bad that rule doesn’t apply to surveys and polls.A great example of a survey loaded with leading questions was one recently released by a group pushing for increasing the size and

Greensburg revisited

I thought she was kidding.Sandi Soendker, Land Line managing editor, told the staff at our morning news budget meeting that Greensburg, KS, had been hit by another storm, tearing down at least one wall of the town high school.Greensburg made worldwide headlines in May 2007 when 95 percent of the city was destroyed by a rare EF-5 tornado that killed 14.Now another storm has damaged one building

Recipe for disaster

First Diana and Dennis Rodrigues tried adding a particulate filter to their 1997 reefer engine.But it wasn’t CARB approved.Then the Florida trucking family tried to purchase a $24,000 reefer engine to add to the existing trailer.No bank would finance the repower.Finally, the couple purchased a new $58,000 reefer trailer in late May, having been assured by CARB, California EPA and others that