We've managed to reduce a complex amalgam of issues to a yes or no question.
Hannaford says it is not trying to be preachy or to issue a yes-or-no checklist, just to offer guidance to shoppers who want it — and if the average consumer's reliance on the United States Department of Agriculture's food pyramid system is any yardstick, many do not.
"We have good evidence that removing access to lethal weapons reduces tragic outcomes". At best, researchers say, predicting who will be violent and when will be a matter of forecasting -- building models of probability and risk that look more like those that predict a hurricane's track than issuing a yes-or-no judgment.
However, in 1997, a referendum on the same issue secured a "yes", although by a very narrow majority.
We've all pranced across the pub to snatch a stray stool for a friend who has yet to arrive, and many of us have issued a firm yes when asked, "Is this chair taken?" The chair knows better, though, for its ownership is defined by kidnapping.
But the inherently difficult-to-follow language of the ballot initiative -- a no vote on Issue 2 means a yes vote on repealing S.B. 5 -- has already caused confusion with voters and continues to concern union officials.
Upshot: This is an issue, yes, but a pretty darn overblown one at this point, and — for a change — has little to do with the candidates' plans, positions or policies.
When it comes to the decisive issues for voters in September's independence referendum - the issues which most heavily influence a yes or a no vote, there is one dominant topic: it's the economy, stupid.
Two former Greek prime ministers, Kostas Karamanlis and Antonis Samaras, both of the centre-right New Democracy party, issued separate calls for a yes vote.
But the projects to be financed by this issue are so crucial that a "yes" vote is merited.
Mr. Lanza, who has publicly agonized over the marriage issue, has been concerned that a yes vote on gay marriage would endanger his re-electability in his relatively conservative district.
