Category: Q&A Friday

Question: What are your thoughts on civic fraternal organizations such as the Elks, Rotarians, Freemasons, Kiwanis, etc…? These organizations have long been an important source of charity and community, but go to any of their meetings today and you will notice a lot of old gray haired men and distinct shortage of young people. Are […]

Question: Why does the Federal Government oppose any independent auditing of the Federal Reserve? — TheDickNixon Answer: A lot of people do support it. In fact, a bill to audit the Fed has 101 cosponsors in the House already. I think there are two major interconnected fears about auditing the Fed. 1) The first is […]

Question: Is there any chance that you would appoint some of your fellow contributors, or perhaps select posters, to monitor the threads and address flagged comments? Having the ‘flag’ option is kind of pointless unless someone actually removes the posts. — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: My designers put in a new copy of Disqus and although people […]

Question: I was wondering if you had any thoughts about what is being referred to as the ‘higher education bubble’? Any advice to younger people in light of such a bubble. — Martin Hale Answer: This is a complex question to answer. First off, yes, there is a “higher education bubble.” A college education in […]

Question: What shows are you currently DVRing? — Good Ol Boy Answer: Some of these are deep in reruns, but they’re still set to run on my DVR, so I’m going to list them. Incidentally, despite having all these shows listed, I watch less than 15 hours of TV a week on average and even […]

Question: StanW 10 hours ago Would you consider any of the following: 1) Returning the comment counters to the main page. 2) Requiring all persons posting to register with Discus in order to post? 3) Having a daily “Open” Thread? Answer: 1) Returning the comment counters to the main page. The comment count dropped off […]

Tomorrow will be Q&A Friday #104 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be on just about anything: politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, movies, music, literature, or TV. […]

“Have you considered running for office?” — David Stone The short answer: No. The longer answer: As a general rule, bloggers, columnists, and talk radio hosts shouldn’t run for office. We’ve all said too many things that can be used against us in political campaigns. Setting that aside, even if I were guaranteed to win, […]

My submission for Q&A Friday: The Army Times recently ran a story about Michelle Bachman’s proposal to cut spending, including making substantial cuts in Veterans’ benefits. (The story is linked here for reference: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/military-michele-bachmann-veterans-budget-cuts-012811w/ Naturally, many Veterans and current service members do not like this idea. Do you think this is a wise move, fiscally […]

RINOs are a fact of life, but have there ever been any DINOs at the national level? — duken008 Sure, there have. In fact, they used to be pretty common in the South. There were plenty of “Yellow Dog” Democrats who were generally conservative, but voted Democrat because that’s how their family had been voting […]

Do you own a Kindle or other e-reader? What’s your take on the technology? — Francis Cazayoux To be honest, I’ve never really understood the appeal of the Kindle. Granted, you can get books cheaper on it — $9.99 or less. But, it costs $189 so you’d have to buy a lot of books to […]

For my question, what is your take on the idea of revoking statehood for any state that declares bankruptcy? Good idea? Bad idea? I live in Illinois and I think I’m willing to take one for the team if it means Dick Durbin would be out of a job. — Mike Hickman First off, let […]

Last week, when I did the RWN fundraiser, I promised that if it reached the goal I’d set for it, I’d bring back Q&A Friday once a month. Well, we made the goal and this will be the first Q&A Friday since 2009. However, I also promised that I’d allow the people who donated to […]

Question: “Please describe, in detail, with dialouge, your version of a vampire fight between Blade and Edward Cullen.” — President_Friedman Edward Cullen: Hi! I like baseball and I sparkle! Can we be pals? Blade: Some motherf*cker’s always tryin’ to iceskate uphill. Edward Cullen: Did I mention I’m over 100 years old and I like to […]

Question: “I am 45 and I work with and am somewhat influential with smart, younger people (25-30), most of who voted for Obama. To them “socialist”, “big government” and “european model” are not a scary thing. What would you say to someone who is not a dyed in the wool anti-capitalist, but who has been […]

Question: “If the republicans take the House next year, do you think that Obama will moderate and work with republicans, like Clinton, and have a shot at reelection at 2012; or he is just too liberal for that and will continue with his policies, risking defeat at 2012?” — gustn Question: “Having proven yourself over […]

Question: “How would you answer Kristof’s “Wrong Side of History” piece in the 11/18 NYT? If Medicare, Social Security and similar past advances of the welfare state didn’t do us in, why should anyone believe this one (healthcare takeover) will be the one that kills our economy? Are we suffering from a “boy who cried […]

Tomorrow will be Q&A Friday #104 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be on just about anything: politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, movies, music, literature, or TV. […]