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An interrogator's view | The flawed thinking of the administration's torture advocates ASK THIS An expert military interrogator wants to know why the president's legal advisers were so intent on rationalizing the violation of longstanding law in order to adopt an approach –- coercion -- that experienced interrogation practitioners agree is not just ineffective, but counterproductive. 
Looking for accountability | A Marine Mom's questions about Iraq ASK THIS Her son is on his second deployment in Iraq, where his military camp recently burned to the ground as a result of an electrical fire. Mary Hornig thinks journalists should be asking if anyone is going to do anything about shoddy contracting – and whether there is any limit to what will be asked of the armed forces.
The $53 trillion questions | Time to face up to our mountain of debt ASK THIS The former head of the GAO says the presidential candidates need to be pressed not just about their incremental budget proposals – but about their long-term plans to deal with an anticipated $53 trillion in current liabilities and unfunded promises.
A proliferation of questions | Looking for fallout from the U.S.-India nuclear deal ASK THIS A possible agreement between the two countries might turn out to be one of President Bush's most significant foreign policy successes –- or it might set off a regional arms race.
The 2008 campaign | Ask McCain and Obama if they'll work to create a world free of nuclear weapons ASK THIS Longtime establishment leaders Shultz, Kissinger, Nunn and Perry have issued a call for the world to be rid of nuclear weapons. Obama says that is his goal; McCain hasn't staked out a position. The press, which has long avoided this subject, needs to ask Obama to spell out his plans, and it needs to get McCain on the record.
Election 2008 | Bush broke the government. So who's going to fix it? ASK THIS You don't have to be a Washington policy wonk to notice that our government has ceased to function on many levels. A veteran budget expert writes that the political candidates who will inherit Bush's mess need to be asked what they're going to do restore the government to working order.
| Why hasn't competition come to CEOs? ASK THIS In the 1970s, CEOs made 30 times as much as the average worker; by 2006, it was 370 times as much. All the while, market forces have steadily reduced costs across the board. Why are chief executives immune?
Puppeteer in the crosshairs | Don't let Addington duck the big questions ASK THIS The vice president's secretive enforcer is set to testify on Capitol Hill on Thursday about how the administration developed its interrogation policies – something he probably knows more about than anyone else. It's essential that members of Congress subject him to a concerted, well-planned examination, rather than let him play them for fools. So how about ganging up?
A biographer's view | Questions I’d like to see someone ask Karl Rove ASK THIS The author of a new Rove biography thinks the newly minted television pundit still has some explaining to do – about Valerie Plame, Jack Abramoff, Don Siegelman and missing White House e-mails, just for starters.
A backup in Louisiana | Voter registration problems are already starting ASK THIS How big is the registration drive among blacks? Among young people? When applications aren’t filled out properly, do officials tell people -- or do they just put those applications aside, setting up major Election Day problems? These are stories everywhere; news organizations can be working on them now.
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