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Speaking My Mind: What do you think is the most significant problem of the 21st century?

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David Garrecht -- Lack of certainty about what is true and what is false. Most other problems issue from this.

Anita Garnett -- Close Minded Publications are the problem. I'm glad that I no longer subscribe to Yankee magazine...inferring that liberal politics can be a problem in asking the following question "Global climate change, decline of the family, liberal politics, apathy... What do you think is the most significant problem of the 21st century?" Poor choice on your behalf.

Lisa Hackett -- I felt offended when I read your opening sentence about liberal politics being a concern. It changed my entire feeling about Yankee Mag. I may never look at the magazine again. Though I do consider myself a liberal, I don't think it would have been appropriate to say that right-wing conservatives were a problem either. Not a good move on the magazine's part.

Helen Dotts -- The biggest problem faced in the USA today is THE PEOPLE! Instead of blaming the President for everything, all the time, take a look in the mirror and in your own thinking. Too easy to blame some one else. There is not a shred of real evidence to cause concern about global warming, the liberal agenda has destroyed the family with its free thinking attitude, Christians get blamed for all the good they do instead of the deserving praise. And yes! We do have those who wish to destroy the US and all it stands for. There has long been a policy in place to re-think what the country was founded upon and it was not what far too many would have us believe! Bring back God and leave G. W. Bush alone!

Jim Burns -- I find it offensive and one-sided that your opening question would list liberal politics as a concern.The real problem is intolerant Christian conservatives who have systematically destroyed this country,harmed families and our system while enriching themselves and thinking like the Spanish inquisition.

Judy Ries -- A huge problem is that there is no accountability.

Bill Roche -- George W. Bush

Gordon Osborne -- I have to agree with Heather Janis. The Family, being the cornerstone of society, is very much under attack. Maintaining the Family should be our foremost goal in America for the 21st Century.

Lloyd Danforth -- I think the most significant problem of the 21st century, particularly in the US, is that my 'Baby Boomer' compatriots are buying the same Government stories about the Mideast like they sold our parents about the Communist Domino Theory. The claims made that got us into Vietnam certainly changed our lives and today's reaction to our government's claim about terrorism is changing the lives of many Americans today, and not in a positive way.

Bess Clarke -- The illegal immigrant invasion into this country. It's astronomical and no one seems to care that our cities and towns are ever increasing with illegals.

DP -- The biggest problem today is the "All for me & screw you" attitude that so many people seem to have.

Lisa White -- Liberal Politics. What's the point in rules and laws if they're not followed and enforced? Too many individuals and organizations (corporations) just do what they want, right, wrong or indifferent, and without regard for others and consequences, and our elected officials endorse these behaviors. Too often good judgement and following the rules is cast aside. Where is that getting us? Higher taxes, fewer freedoms. Is this what we really want? I don't.