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Question of the Day: Is the Recession Reversing Gender Roles in Your House?

Lopsided layoffs are costing more men their jobs than women -- turning traditional gender roles upside down. More than five million jobs have been lost -- 78 percent of them held by men -- according to the Bureau of Labor...

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May 4, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (61)

Question of the Day: Will You Buy Chrysler-Fiat Cars?

Chrysler -- one of the Big Three automakers -- filed for bankruptcy Thursday, announcing plans to restructure, shed bad debt and emerge stronger. Announcing Chrysler's plan, President Obama said that bankrupcty will allow the company "to clear away the remaining...

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May 1, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (167)

Quotes Of The Day

"If Washington in the age of Obama is not a city transformed, it is nevertheless one whose mood and feel, whose affect and atmosphere, are strikingly different from those of the eight years of the Bush administration that preceded them...

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April 24, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Question of the Day: Are Online Schools a Good Idea?

College students have long been taking courses online, but now 120,000 children in grades K through 12 are being taught completely on the internet, according to the North American Council for Online Learning. While supporters tout the convenience and low-cost...

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April 15, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (433)

Question of the Day: Is a 4 Day School Week a Good Idea?

Across the country, at least 17 states now have school districts that have switched to a four day school week. The days are longer, but come Friday students have no class. For many districts it's about saving money. A school...

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April 14, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (27)

Question Of The Day

You may have heard -- the nation's Postmaster General is warning that without assistance, the Postal Service will run out of money this year. John Potter told a House subcommittee that the service is nearly $3 billion in the red...

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March 25, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (20)

Question of the Day: Will You Follow Michelle Obama's Lead?

The "victory garden" has been a staple of wartime America; a way to help the nation produce enough food to sustain its citizenry. Today Michelle Obama has broken ground on a White House vegetable garden, though her motives are different:...

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March 20, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (41)

Should Names of Bonus Execs Be Made Public? Your Comments

Yesterday in our Question of the Day we asked whether the names of those at beleaguered AIG and Merrill Lynch who received bonuses should be made public. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has fought for and now has the...

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March 20, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (30)

Question of the Day: Should the Names of Those Who Got Bonuses Go Public?

Yesterday, New York's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo won a battle when a court ruled that the names of the Merrill Lynch employees who received big bonuses back in December should be handed over to his office. Now, Cuomo wants to...

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March 19, 2009 in Economy, Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (165)

Should Names of Those Who Got Bonuses Be Made Public?

New York's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo won a battle yesterday. A court ruled that the names of the Merrill Lynch employees who received big bonuses back in December should be handed over to his office. Merrill was collapsing and the...

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March 19, 2009 in Question of the Day | Permalink | User Comments (246)