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Elections 2006 | Ask candidates about the minimum wage ASK THIS It takes nearly two minimum-wage workers to earn what one earned in 1968. And then there’s Lee Raymond, who made $144,000 a day. 
$361 million per plane | The F-22 Raptor is said to be invisible...until it isn't ASK THIS Analysts liken fighter plane to a WWII Messerschmidt, saying it is a technological marvel with the latest weapons but that it will be poor in combat.
Telecommunications | How the Baby Bells and the government destroyed competition for DSL, long distance and local phone service ASK THIS Customer advocate Bruce Kushnick, in the second of a series on telecommunications, writes that reporters should be asking why the promised era of competition to lower prices and bring broadband to America never materialized.
A serious but not imminent threat | Is the U.S. about to attack Iran? ASK THIS An expert says administration posturing is very reminiscent of the coordinated campaign before the Iraq war. But proponents of attacking Iran haven’t come close to making their case – and there are many questions they need to answer.
Time for a refresher | Whatever happened to Article 1, Section 8? ASK THIS A New York Times reporter wonders if Congress has forgotten its powers, and why the press isn't asking.
A plea for humility | How can we better prevent fatal error in capital cases? ASK THIS George Washington law professor and author Robert Cottrol walks reporters through questions they need to ask in covering capital trials, and raises the issue of how juries and jurists should deal with ‘lingering doubt.’
Illegal disenfranchisement | What's the law: Are released felons allowed to vote? ASK THIS In most states felons who have served their time are permitted to vote. But a survey in New York shows that one-third of local election boards either don’t know the law or don’t follow it. How about where you live?
Crack vs. powder | Time to change cocaine sentencing minimums? ASK THIS Is the possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine equivalent to the sale of 500 grams of powdered cocaine? The laws say it is but the Sentencing Commission and other experts don’t agree.
Where do we look? | Is there a religious left in the U.S. today? ASK THIS Much has been made of the religious right ever since Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1980, but little has been said about the religious left. Is there any semblance of a religious left in the United States today that could counterbalance the religious right?
See no evil | Are the cows mad, or are we? ASK THIS How is it possible that just as mad cow disease appears to be becoming more prevalent in the United State, the USDA is scaling back its mad cow testing program?
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