Survey

1. Black and White or Color; how do you prefer your movies?
-Color


2. What is the one single subject that bores you to near-death?
-Abortion. In this country, it's not a debate but a shouting match. A dialogue of the deaf. (The Israeli-Palestinian shouting match is a close second)


3. MP3s, CDs, Tapes or Records: what is your favorite medium for prerecorded music?
-MP3s.


4. You are handed one first class trip plane ticket to anywhere in the world and ten million dollars cash. All of this is yours provided that you leave and not tell anyone where you are going … Ever. This includes family, friends, everyone. Would you take the money and ticket and run?
-No point in having great experiences and lots of money if you have no one to share them with.


5. Seriously, what do you consider the world’s most pressing issue now?
-Extreme poverty. I know it's a broad issue but it's at the root of so many other serious problems.


6. How would you rectify the world’s most pressing issue?
-By a more equitable distribution of wealth and social democracy.


7. You are given the chance to go back and change one thing in your life; what would that be?
-No comment.


8. You are given the chance to go back and change one event in world history, what would that be?
-The colonization of Africa. It and the slave trade were arguably the two worst crimes against humanity in centuries (at least). I would rather the region have succeeded or failed on its own merits.

9. A night at the opera, or a night at the Grand Ole’ Opry – Which do you choose?
-Opera, by default.

10. What is the one great unsolved crime of all time you’d like to solve?
-How the Yankees won so many World Series titles.


11. One famous author can come to dinner with you. Who would that be, and what would you serve for the meal?

-Chinua Achebe. And probably my lasagna because it's good. :-)