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Star chamber | A secret court is no place for important constitutional issues ASK THIS How can a court that only hears one side of the argument and doesn’t disclose its decisions possibly be allowed to decide on the constitutionality of President Bush’s secret spying programs? What could possibly be less American? 
Fiasco | What about learning from our mistakes in Iraq? ASK THIS As the war drags on, Washington Post military correspondent Thomas Ricks, whose new book charts the U.S. misadventures in Iraq, suggests some timely questions for the Washington press corps.
U.S. as bystander | Bush says someone should get to Syria; why shouldn’t that someone be him? ASK THIS Thanks to an open microphone, we know what President Bush genuinely thinks would put an end to the sudden crisis in Israel and Lebanon. A Syria expert, professor Joshua Landis at Oklahoma University, thinks reporters should ask what he’s waiting for.
Elections | Is it time to do away with the undemocratic Electoral-College system? ASK THIS Advocates of electing the president through a direct, popular vote have come up with an ingenious way of doing so without a constitutional amendment – and they may be marching on a statehouse near you.
Any reporters out there? | What about the Senate inquiry into twisted prewar intelligence? ASK THIS Minority leader Harry Reid shut down the U.S. Senate eight months ago to force the Intelligence Committee to investigate how Bush, Cheney et al handled the findings they got. Reporters should ask Reid and the 15 Senators on the committee: What’s taking so long?
Follow the paper trail | Dogging the torture story ASK THIS Reporters should demand that the two men most responsible for acts of torture by U.S. forces explain themselves, writes Colin Powell’s former chief of staff -- who says a paper trail clearly links the practice of prisoner abuse to the upper reaches of the Pentagon and Vice President Cheney's office.
A crowded agenda | What good could possibly come from the Petersburg summit? ASK THIS National security expert Graham Allison writes that success in preventing nuclear terrorism and stopping Iran from acquiring a bomb requires deep, sustained cooperation with Russia – and the upcoming G-8 summit offers an opportunity to engage Russia to advance our most vital interests.
What's a 'Unitary Executive?' | Bush’s signing statements: Constitutional crisis or empty rhetoric? ASK THIS Lackluster reporting about this big story has left many critically important questions unanswered.
Financial windfalls | How do the big telecoms qualify as small businesses? ASK THIS Bruce Kushnick, in the fourth of a series, says giant firms are gaming the system, using fronts for FCC auctions of the airwave spectrum.
Now you see 'em, now you don't | For oil industry, profits are one big shell game ASK THIS Firms make gains appear larger or smaller depending on who is asking; shareholders get one answer, tax collectors another. And authorities in one jurisdiction may get different answers from those in another.
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