There’s an advice column at Slate called Dear Prudence, to which a reader recently wrote asking what she should do after a boyfriend asked her to get rid of her nine-near-old dog before the boyfriend would marry her. The dog-owner wanted to postpone marriage until the dog dies. I have a simpler option as a…

From among a set of possibilities, which are your favorites (multiple answers being possible)? Favorite Summer Foods

The state’s Government Accountability Board expects a recall voting level of around 60-65%. That would be a much larger percentage of voting-age residents than for the last gubernatorial election (then, about half of the voting-age population.) Will you vote in the recall election?

For those who are grilling this weekend, here’s a poll about some of the likely possibilities to grace the grill. Multiple answers are possible. What will you be grilling? At the House of Dissenting Opinion, we’ll have steak and fish, but lamb is always tempting if one can find something suitable… Memorial Day Weekend Grilling…

Update, 5.19.12: a middling first day for Facebook (Facebook Falls Back to IPO Price – WSJ.com). Facebook’s had a successful IPO, but there’s a poll from AP-CNBC where a majority think Facebook a passing fad. What do you think? (I’ll venture no, and say it’s likely to be around for a good while.) Do you…

A smart reader wrote and offered an idea for a poll topic — “Here’s my suggestion for a poll question for your blog: Do you think Whitewater teaches and embraces free thinking?” Well, here we are, with that very question. Quick assumptions: (1) This question was about our schools, principally, but you may think of…

Last Sunday, at the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison, a woman was recorded hitting a mare with a wiffle bat to compel the horse to enter a trailer. The video’s now on the web, and it’s prompted this debate: was the trainer’s technique animal abuse, or a reasonable method of persuasion? A news clip on…

In Los Angeles, there’s a proposal to ban non-rescue pet sales. See, L.A. Council Proposes Ban on Non-Rescue Pet Sales from the Palos Verdes Patch. (“The Los Angeles City Council moved Tuesday to ban stores in the city from selling dogs, cats and rabbits that are not from shelters, humane societies or registered rescue organizations.…

I saw an online poll asking for one’s ideal pet, and in that poll, cats and dogs were winning overwhelmingly. Would they win decisively here, too? Let’s find out: Ideal Pet?

How will the 2012 Brewers place in the NL Central I’ll say they win again this year – what do you think?

With Easter not long from now, stores shelves are brimming with treats. What’s your favorite, from among a few of the most popular kinds? Favorite Easter Candy