Today's Question Blog

When President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize a year ago, he said he would accept it as “a call to action” on the world’s problems. Today’s Question: Has President Obama lived up to his Nobel Peace Prize?
More Americans are working beyond the traditional retirement age, both because of the recession and because they expect to live longer. Today’s Question: What are your plans for retirement?
Recent sexual assaults at fraternity houses near the University of Minnesota have focused attention on alcohol and parties near campus. Today’s Question: What can be done to make college communities safer for women?
Each Monday now through the election, we’ll pose a question on an issue that’s pertinent to the race for Minnesota governor. Today’s Question: How would you like to change Minnesota’s relationship with its immigrant communities? Republican candidate Tom Emmer: The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of the fact…
A new drug can add four months to the lives of men suffering from incurable prostate cancer, but it costs $93,000. Today’s Question: Would you pay $93,000 for four months of life?
President Obama said Monday that the American school year is too short, and he noted that students in other advanced countries have about a month more of school each year. Today’s Question: Should we have a longer school year?
Each Monday now through the election, we’ll pose a question on an issue that’s pertinent to the race for Minnesota governor. Today’s Question: Does the debate over same-sex marriage have a place in Minnesota politics? Democratic candidate Mark Dayton: Absolutely, because under the founding principles of this country, “that all men (and women) are created…