Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Just Asking . . . The Sequel

English: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
English: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Is Vice President Joe Biden warming up for 2016?  Or did he just talk his way out of it?

Now that an Ebola patient has died in a Dallas hospital, will sending U.S. soldiers to west Africa and screening passengers coming into our airports really stop the spread of the disease?  Doesn't this border on racial profiling?  And can we really trust those who say there won't be an Ebola epidemic in this country?

Will same-sex marriage join abortion rights as issues we'll still be arguing about 40 years from now?

Will North Dakota's population boom last as long as the oil does?

Does it surprise anyone that China wants to bring Hong Kong into their fold?  Or that students are protesting over it?

Is Ben Affeck as liberal as he thinks he is?

Is Jennifer Lawrence getting more attention for calling the hacking of her nude photos a sex crime than for the photos themselves?

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  It is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  What sells better, purple or pink?  And will we be more or less aware of these causes on November 1?

Does the limited appearances of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell indicate that the league just wants all this domestic violence stuff to go away, and we can all get back to football?

If an American company moves to a foreign country for tax purposes, is it still an American company?

Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister of Canada.  So why is he less well-known on this side of the border than Toronto mayor Rob Ford?

Does anyone still care about network TV's fall schedule?

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