Should presidential candidates be tested on their mental acuity, physical health;  knowledge of the role of the U.S in past and current world events; a thorough understanding of how the U.S. government works;  and a deep knowledge of U.S. history?

︎Looking back at the Biden administration's past two years, and forward to the possibility of two more (if he runs again and wins), is Biden the kind of president the country needs?

For what has he earned strong points? And for what have you found him wanting?

︎Do you trust our political leadership? Why/why not? Be specific.

︎What argument do you make for or against legal or illegal entry into the United States?

︎If you were offered citizenship in another country that appealed to you, would you take it or pass? Why?

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Should presidential candidates be tested on their mental acuity, physical health;  knowledge of the role of the U.S in past and current world events; a thorough understanding of how the U.S. government works;  and a deep knowledge of U.S. history?

︎What, in your view, is the purpose of a government? 

︎Is democracy, as we know it, sustainable? Have we outgrown it, or has it outgrown us?

Have you ever switched political parties or been reluctant to openly identify with a party? Why?

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-- Political, social or religious affiliation

-- Media coverage

-- Your family's political attitudes or history

-- Your own self-education

-- Other

Has there been a major shift in your political thinking. What caused it? How has it changed, or is changing, your outlook and actions?

What do you make of American politics right now? Where do you see things going?

What's on your mind?

The legal and diplomatic tug-of-war over two U.S. citizens detained in Russia on drug-smuggling and espionage charges.

︎Jayland Walker (Akron, Ohio) and Robert Crimo III Highland Park, Ill.): Yet another study in systemic racism and law-enforcement outcomes.

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︎ Name three things you give President Joe Biden credit for, and three things you think he has failed, or is failing, to achieve. 

︎ Should Biden quit the presidency -- and politics all together?

︎ Will the testimonies of several witnesses before the Jan. 6 Committee, result in several criminal prosecutions? Will Trump be among them?

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Drawing on your own experience and your own knowledge and observation, what is your own view of education today? 

︎Is American democracy in crisis? How can you tell?

︎Is nonparticipation in voting a good or useful strategy?  

Despite perennial protests urging voting boycotts

︎Would you vote to re-elect Joe Biden? Why / Why not?

︎ Name three issues on your top-priority political agenda.

Are you preparing/have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are you making? What plans should we consider making right now?

︎What, in your view, is the purpose of a government? 

︎Is democracy, as we know it, sustainable? Have we outgrown it, or has it outgrown us?

︎What do you see as the greatest threats or impediments to American democracy?

︎Have you ever switched political parties or been reluctant to openly identify with a party? Why?

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︎Will current social, political and economic conditions encourage or discourage the formation of new (or newer) movements and social systems?

︎What do you see as the greatest threats or impediments to American democracy?

︎What, in your view, is the purpose of a government? 

︎Is democracy, as we know it, sustainable? Have we outgrown it, or has it outgrown us?

︎Have you ever switched political parties or been reluctant to openly identify with a party? Why?

︎Almost a year and a half in office as the nation's two top leaders -- as President and vice president, respectively, of the United States -- what is your assessment of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team?

Many states prefer their own interpretations of the law. 

Roe v. Wade, a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision,  said that a pregnant woman may decide for herself, without governmental intervention or interference, whether to complete a pregnancy or terminate it. 

Since then, the landmark decision has served as the cornerstone of political movements seeking to overturn it as heresy that will bring about America's eventual destruction.

President Biden, a Catholic, now is in the eye of the political storm on the abortion issue, and many other constituencies have already begun to organize and mobilize against any possibility that Roe v. Wade continues to be the law of the land.

You've had some time to think about where you stand on the issue. So, what are your thoughts? What informs your opinion?

What do you think?

︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

︎Set up your own network of family and friends also trying to cut expenses and save money.

︎ Cut your utility bills.

︎Cut your drycleaning bill.

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

︎Set up your own network of family and friends also trying to cut expenses and save money.

︎ Cut your utility bills.

︎Cut your drycleaning bill.

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

︎Set up your own network of family and friends also trying to cut expenses and save money.

︎ Cut your utility bills.

︎Cut your drycleaning bill.

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

︎House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of high-level U.S. officials should be back home today after unannounced whirlwind visits to Ukraine and Poland to assure both countries of U.S. support in the face of heightened Russian aggression.

What is significant about the legislators' trip?

What could deter it?

What factors are you weighing?

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︎Are you preparing / have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are planning to make? What plans should we consider making right now?

︎Make a plan, with a minimum of how much you'll try to save each week. Encourage each member of your household to do the same.

︎Set up your own network of family and friends.

︎ Cut your utility bill.

︎Start a pantry for making simple, low-cost, nutritious meals.

︎ Make a list of people near you who should be checked on or might need assistance.

︎ Stay on (or, even better,  below) budget, taking advantage of specials and sales.

︎Consider healthier choices for you and your family.

︎Creatively mix and match or recycle clothing.

︎Buy when there's a good sale.

Are you preparing/have you begun to make plans to live in a war economy? What changes have you made or are making? What plans should we consider making right now?

︎With the Biden administration's secretary of defense,  Ret. Gen. Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visiting Ukraine President Volodymir Zelenskyy over  the weekend, does it signal that the U.S. has chosen "sides" position on the Russia-Ukraine war? When was that vote taken?

︎Why hasn't Congress yet held an open debate and vote on U.S policy on the war -- inasmuch as billions of dollars are already being allocated and spent on the Russia-Ukraine war?

That program just getting off the ground and showing encouraging results, Biden is urgently beseeched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine to help repel Russia's declared its intention to reclaim territories it had lost to Ukraine in previous battles.

The Russia-Ukraine war is ongoing, with both sides suffering significant losses and setbacks.

Should Biden, without making his case to the nation, be allowed to commit the United States to billions of taxpayer dollars in military support to Ukrain -- and without conditions?

Is Biden skirting the War Powers Act? Why hasn't Biden presented his case openly to Congress and the people?

Public officials' self-serving, career-boosting, money-wasting news conferences that really are free, taxpayer-funded political ads for themselves.

︎Are you beginning to see Obama's return in a different light?

︎Will the Democratic Party leadership endorse the leadership of Kamala Harris, or will she be forced out?

︎Is Obama a possible stand-in for Biden?

︎Constitutionally, must there be new elections for a Biden successor, however temporary?

︎Can the president be ordered to submit to physical and psychological tests in the interests of the people and the country?

︎Who makes the call on the president's fitness for office?

What qualities did you have as a child that you're glad you still have as an adult?

︎Who or what inspires you?

︎Were you on a wrong path, but made a dramatic turnaround because of a major event or a particular person in your life?

︎Did you develop a different reading of life early but were not understood?

︎What were you like as a child or growing up that caused your parents endless worry, even despair, but turned out to be one of your best character traits or attributes?

What qualities did you have as a child that you're glad you still have as an adult?

︎Who or what inspires you?

︎Were you on a wrong path, but made a dramatic turnaround because of a major event or a particular person in your life?

︎Did you develop a different reading of life early but were not understood?

︎What we're you like as a child or growing up that caused your parents endless worry, even despair, but turned out to be one of your best character traits or attributes?

Dr. King had gone to Memphis to support sanitation workers on strike for equitable pay, safer working conditions, and better job opportunity -- and to begin to organize national advocacy efforts around the issue.

Black workers and King had struck a decisive blow against economic apartheid in America. Why did it die?

︎How will / should history recall Putin's actions in Europe? Explain.

In the passing years, it seems King and other stalwarts of the civil rights movement have faded into distant memory, their work, their sacrifices, their lives and accomplishments fading into the past, too.

Have we "gotten over" them? Have we "moved on?"

︎Just Say Sorry: Back home from duty in the Caribbean representing Queen Elizabeth II at ceremonies celebrating ties between Britain and Commonwealth nations, Prince William bemoaned the scourge on Britain that slavery was. Was? 

Will Britain ever pay -- or be made to pay -- the debt that is owed to its former -- and current --colonies?

︎Just Say Sorry: Back home from duty in the Caribbean representing Queen Elizabeth II at ceremonies celebrating ties between Britain and Commonwealth nations, Prince William bemoaned the scourge on Britain that slavery was. Was? 

Will Britain ever pay the debt that is owed to its former -- and current --colonies?

︎ If you had your druthers and the power to change the American political system, would you? What kind of system would we have?

Shouldn't the nation know?

︎Just Say Sorry: Back home from duty in the Caribbean representing Queen Elizabeth II at ceremonies celebrating ties between Britain and Commonwealth nations, Prince William bemoaned the scourge on Britain that slavery was. Was? 

Will Britain ever pay the debt that is owed to its former -- and current --colonies?

︎ If you had your druthers and the power to change the American political system, would you? What kind of system would we have?

︎Is the U.S. too deep into the Russia-Ukraine war? What do you think are Biden's role and objectives?

︎Lots of U.S. money and resources are being directed at helping countries attacked by Russia rebound. Is the burden equally shared, or is the U.S. carrying the lion's share of it? Shouldn't the president brief the nation on this?

︎Explain what you think accounts for President Biden's caustic remarks about President Vladimir Putin.

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I couldn't be here as planned. I was sidelined by a construction project that seems to have no end.

Do you have a question for Jeremiah, based on histopic yesterday,The Universal Effects of Lockdowns?" 

︎Are you preparing for a rough road ahead? What are the most significant changes you intend to make?

︎Are you done with two-party politics? Or, does the prospect of starting over with a new party too scary to think about?

Will America ever overcome its longstanding problems with race and class?

︎International volunteers are signing up to fight in an anticipated war between Russia and Ukrain that has not even been declared. If you felt compelled to do likewise, what will have been the compelling reason?

︎President Joe Biden (i.e the United States) has taken a leading role in galvanizing international support behind Ukrain, promising billions in technical, humanitarian and military aid. Is Biden setting up once again the old East-West tug-of-war? 

It's "Free Your Mind Friday," and the entire program is about listeners' opinions on the issues of the day.

Choose your own subject or issue, but please have an opinion about it.

︎Based on media reports you've seen, read, heard and have learned about, what do you think the next phase or major  development in the Russia-Ukraine war is likely to be?

︎Why isn't the United States, a leading nation of the world, not yet beyond its two-party political system, when so many people are looking for other choices?

Add your voice and views to the discussion. 

Are we beyond the two-party political system? 

Add your voice and views to the discussion. 

Inasmuch as President Joe Biden and his administration are trying to square the ledgers on what Russia owes to European states for war-related damages, should U.S. communities targteted by violent acts of government consider doing the same?  

So, it was sedition after all, according to prosecutors. But Trump, the ringmaster of the violent, Jan. 6 seditious gathering in Washington, D.C., is not yet charged with inciting the minions to "action" because the election was "stolen" from him?

Reactions to President Biden's State of the Union address.

Share your thoughts on Leid Stories live.

Each year, the president formally addresses Congress and the people of the United States, outlining critical issues confronting the country and how the administration proposes to deal with them. 

Most people, even though they may not have formal credentials as political scientists or policy makers, are keenly aware of the problems we face as a nation and what can be done to solve them.

What, would you say is the state of the nation?

Many listeners responded to an open invitation to present their views on an issue or subject that deeply concerns them. They suggested their own topics, and will take questions at the end of their presentations.

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