Today's Question Archives

• 2009.11.23: Should a public hospital have to treat anyone who comes in?
• 2009.11.20: Are you comfortable increasing Minnesota's reliance on nuclear power?
• 2009.11.19: Do terrorism suspects deserve the same legal rights as other defendants in court?
• 2009.11.18: What do you think of the new guidelines discouraging mammograms for women under 50?
• 2009.11.17: How can the United States and China best cooperate in world affairs?
• 2009.11.16: What story in your community needs more attention?
• 2009.11.13: Would you ride commuter rail if it were available to you?
• 2009.11.12: What should the U.S. do to promote religious tolerance at home?
• 2009.11.11: What's the best way to honor veterans for their service?
• 2009.11.10: Do you feel safe as a pedestrian in the Twin Cities?
• 2009.11.09: What more could be done to prevent mass shootings?
• 2009.11.06: What does the opening of deer season mean to your family?
• 2009.11.05: How careful are you to protect your identity online?
• 2009.11.04: Have you ever considered informing on a friend?
• 2009.11.03: Are you doing anything in your daily life to fight global warming?
• 2009.11.02: Do you plan to vote tomorrow? Why or why not?
• 2009.10.30: If you could sign up for Medicare right now, would you?
• 2009.10.29: Is going back to the moon a good idea?
• 2009.10.28: What book does the best job of transporting you to a different place?
• 2009.10.27: How has the spread of H1N1 affected your workplace?
• 2009.10.26: Have recent incidents involving air travel made you reluctant to fly?
• 2009.10.23: Should CEOs who accepted federal bailout money have to take deep pay cuts?
• 2009.10.22: Do chickens belong in the city?
• 2009.10.21: Are so-called luxury items ever appropriate behind bars?
• 2009.10.20: What change would be most effective in helping cars and bikes share the road?
• 2009.10.19: What beloved children's books should not be adapted to the screen?
• 2009.10.16: How confident are you of being able to keep your job or find a new one?
• 2009.10.15: Does the current health insurance system keep you from doing something you would otherwise do?
• 2009.10.14: Should the United States send more troops to Afghanistan?
• 2009.10.13: What should happen with the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy?
• 2009.10.12: Will you and your family get the H1N1 vaccine?
• 2009.10.09: Does President Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
• 2009.10.09: How careful are you to protect your identity online?
• 2009.10.08: Is instant runoff voting a good idea?
• 2009.10.07: What part of your life has the greatest impact on your health?
• 2009.10.06: How has fear of the flu changed the way you interact with people?
• 2009.10.05: How willing are you to help pay for a new Vikings stadium?
• 2009.10.02: What's your favorite memory of baseball at the Metrodome?
• 2009.10.01: What would a Chicago Olympics mean for the Midwest?
• 2009.09.30: When is texting inappropriate?
• 2009.09.29: When you have a choice, do you try to buy American?
• 2009.09.28: What's your favorite place in Minnesota to enjoy the fall?
• 2009.09.25: Do you think Gov. Tim Pawlenty could win the presidency?
• 2009.09.24: What's your approach to praising children?
• 2009.09.23: How can President Obama strengthen America's image abroad?
• 2009.09.22: Is victory in Afghanistan worth the cost?
• 2009.09.21: What will it take for you to recover from the recession?
• 2009.09.18: Can you afford to take five to seven days off work because of the flu?
• 2009.09.17: How do you judge whether race factors into a political controversy?
• 2009.09.16: What's your experience with school counselors, social workers and psychologists?
• 2009.09.15: Setting aside the problem of how to pay for it, what would you change about the health care experience?
• 2009.09.14: Should parents be held responsible if guests of their kids drink?
• 2009.09.11: How worried are you about another terrorist attack?
• 2009.09.10: How did President Obama's speech affect your view of health care reform?
• 2009.09.09: What do you need to hear from the president's health care speech tonight?
• 2009.09.08: How will you remember the summer of '09?
• 2009.09.07: What did you learn at the Fair this year?
• 2009.09.04: Should the president have direct access to the nation's students?
• 2009.09.03: Could a gory video make you a better driver?
• 2009.09.02: What's left on your summer to-do list?
• 2009.09.01: How likely is it that aliens exist somewhere in the universe?
• 2009.08.31: What are you looking forward to - or dreading - this school year?
• 2009.08.28: How seriously do you take the threat of H1N1 flu?
• 2009.08.27: When you spend a day at the State Fair, what's your strategy?
• 2009.08.26: How has your experience with divorce affected your attitudes toward marriage?
• 2009.08.25: Based on your experience, what basic rights do airline passengers deserve?
• 2009.08.24: What would you be willing to pay higher taxes for?
• 2009.08.21: Where does your health care debate take place?
• 2009.08.20: What would success in Afghanistan look like?
• 2009.08.19: Would a member-owned co-op work for health care?
• 2009.08.18: What do you see in the Derryl Jenkins traffic-stop video?
• 2009.08.17: Does the recession feel over to you?
• 2009.08.14: What does Woodstock mean to you?
• 2009.08.13: What is the ideal spectator event for Minnesota to host and why?
• 2009.08.12: Is owning a home part of your American Dream?
• 2009.08.11: What low-tech device do you refuse to give up?
• 2009.08.10: What ties you to where you live?
• 2009.08.07: Would you donate your body for use after death?
• 2009.08.06: Does alcohol have a proper role at campus sports events?
• 2009.08.05: What's missing from the health care debate?
• 2009.08.04: Do you want to know your neighbors?
• 2009.08.03: Would you trade your books for an electronic version?
• 2009.07.31: What did you learn from the 35W bridge disaster?
• 2009.07.30: If the Gates controversy is a "teachable moment," what's the lesson?
• 2009.07.29: Why do we give so much attention to sports figures?
• 2009.07.28: How important to you is the U.S. mail in the Internet age?
• 2009.07.27: What do you remember from your first recession?
• 2009.07.24: Should parents be held legally responsible when their kids are severely overweight?
• 2009.07.23: How are you measuring the success of President Obama?
• 2009.07.22: What do you do while driving that you shouldn't?
• 2009.07.20: How do you define a war worth fighting?
• 2009.07.20: How much of a problem are gangs in your community?
• 2009.07.17: How might your life be different if you didn't have to worry about health care?
• 2009.07.16: What is the moonshot for our times?
• 2009.07.15: When, if ever, is public art a good use of taxpayers' money?
• 2009.07.14: Should employers be able to regulate your personal life?
• 2009.07.13: What question would you ask Sonia Sotomayor?
• 2009.07.10: Have women achieved equality in American politics?
• 2009.07.09: If you could travel through time, where would you go?
• 2009.07.08: Is illegally sharing music immoral?
• 2009.07.07: Has Sarah Palin gotten a fair shake in the media?
• 2009.07.06: What's your summer adventure?
• 2009.07.03: What does Independence Day mean to you?
• 2009.07.02: Why should the public care about a politician's private life?
• 2009.07.01: What's your message for Al Franken?
• 2009.06.30: How do you decide whom to trust with your money?
• 2009.06.29: How has the Senate dispute affected your faith in the electoral process?
• 2009.06.26: In a shaky economy, what's your Plan B?
• 2009.06.24: What should government health care look like?

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