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• Do you think the cost-cutting aimed at public union workers has been fair?

  Tue Apr 5, 2011
  • After 32 years, my husband is leaving the teaching profession. If you think teaching is easy, I dare you to try it for a year.

• Does English teacher Natalie Munroe deserve to be suspended for blog posts in which she called her young students 'disengaged, lazy whiners'?

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • She wrote her blog on her private time, not on school time, and did not identify herself or the school on the blog.

• What is your strategy on light bulbs?

  Mon Jan 24, 2011
  • When I go into a store and it's $1.99 for a four pack of incandescents or $7.99 for ONE CFL, it's really a no-brainer for my wallet.

• Did the House do the right thing in rebuking Rep. Wilson?

  Tue Sep 15, 2009
  • Absolutely. The President deserves respect at all times. Can you imagine if a Democrat yelled "You Lie!" when Bush was justifying the war?

• What do you think of Rep. Joe Wilson's decision to shout out 'You lie!' during the president's speech?

  Wed Sep 9, 2009
  • In 9 months, we've gone from "if you oppose the president, you're a traitor" to a member of Congress calling the President a liar. Wow.

• Are Democrats in trouble?

  Tue Sep 8, 2009
  • I think voters will come back IF (and it's a big IF) they can pass MEANINGFUL healthcare legislation.

• Do you think the charges against Gov. Blagojevich will hurt President-elect Obama's administration?

  Wed Dec 10, 2008
  • From what I read, Obama and his team specifically said NO and wouldn't participate in this. Obama has distanced himself from Blagojevich.

• Which contributed most to Barack Obama's victory?

  Wed Nov 5, 2008
  • I think change goes along with anti-Bush sentiments. So many of us think the country is headed in the wrong direction with Bush at the helm

• Who do you hope will win the presidential election?

  Tue Nov 4, 2008
  • A leader who can/will motivate and heal some of the wounds the last 8 years have inflicted. Do the right thing, America! Obama/Biden!

• Who's to blame for the current economic crisis?

  Mon Sep 22, 2008
  • Absolutely no oversight by the government and greed of wall street. Home buyers to a lesser extent.