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Waiting for Petraeus | Questions for Congress, for Bush and for Petraeus ASK THIS General William Odom, a longtime advocate of pulling American troops out of Iraq, sees legislators as irresponsible and bamboozled by Bush. He calls the new twists in Bush’s war policies muddled, contradictory, ludicrous and tragic. 
Questions about media behavior | Why is it OK for the coal industry to break the law? ASK THIS Often after accidents like the one at Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine operators claim their mines had relatively few violations. Even if that's true -- and often it isn't -- 'relatively few' just isn’t good enough in a risky venture like coal mining, says Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward, Jr.
Exploring the downside(s) | The ethanol gold rush: How much is fools' gold? ASK THIS| July 211, 2007 Politicians and Midwest farmers have jumped on the bandwagon but, as writer Joseph A. Davis points out, ethanol development involves many nasty trade-offs. And while 4 million cars on American roads can use an ethanol blend already, hardly any gas stations sell it. Why is that?
A Star Wars enigma | What exactly is the latest missile defense argument about? ASK THIS The U.S., unable to develop a dependable anti-missile system at home, seems determined to put a new one in Eastern Europe regardless of whether it will work or if there’s any real need for one or how much ill-will it causes. Why?
Inside Iraq | The media’s tragic misunderstanding of Iraqi domestic politics ASK THIS The conventional media narrative about Iraqi politics misses all sorts of hugely important factors. Robert Dreyfuss raises some provocative questions journalists should be asking about motivations, alliances – and whether the U.S. is backing all the wrong people.
Who benefits? | The privatization of Iraq's oil reserves ASK THIS One of the key 'benchmarks' the Iraqis are supposed to meet is agreement on a hydrocarbon law. Is it a coincidence that such an agreement is likely to benefit big multi-national oil companies?
Nuclear threat | Bush and Putin have an opportunity to assure their nukes can't destroy U.S., Russia ASK THIS When the American and Russian presidents meet to discuss the threat of nuclear weapons, will they say anything about the fact that they each keep more than a thousand warheads aimed at each other on hair-trigger alert?
Bush and the law | Signing statements evidently mean something after all ASK THIS A new GAO report makes it clear that some provisions Bush objected to were not carried out according to the law. That should get reporters asking lots of questions.
Iraq watch | What happened to the 'coalition of the willing'? ASK THIS| June 172, 2007 Cobbled together to deflect claims of U.S. unilateralism, the 'coalition' in Iraq left a lot be be desired to begin with, and it's now a mere shadow of what it once was.
A matter of justice | Mistaken eyewitness identifications: The leading cause of wrongful convictions ASK THIS Are your local law-enforcement agencies using these scientifically-designed safeguards to minimize the risk of eyewitnesses mistakenly identifying innocent people? If not, why not?
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