The Good Question Project: Articles https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/ Researched articles on questions in public life: nuclear launch orders, the Iraq war, confirmation hearings, money and access, and how kids ask. en Why does it take days to count the votes, and should it? https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/why-vote-counting-takes-days/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/why-vote-counting-takes-days/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why some states take days to count ballots, what the Supreme Court decided about late-arriving mail ballots in 2026, and the main arguments on each side. Why kids ask so many questions, and how to answer them https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/why-kids-ask-questions/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/why-kids-ask-questions/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What research says about children's questions, why "why?" is a real request for an explanation, and practical ways for adults to answer, including the hard ones. Harold Hering's question about nuclear launch orders https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/harold-hering-nuclear-launch-question/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/harold-hering-nuclear-launch-question/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 In 1973 an Air Force major in missile training asked how he could know a launch order came from a sane president. What happened to him, and why it still matters. The questions that weren't asked before the Iraq war https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/iraq-war-questions-not-asked/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/iraq-war-questions-not-asked/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, questions about weapons intelligence, troop numbers and cost were raised but not pressed. What the later official reviews found. Questions senators can ask at confirmation hearings https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/confirmation-hearing-questions/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/confirmation-hearing-questions/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What makes a strong confirmation hearing question, with examples from the Hagel, Tower, Bork and Ginsburg hearings, and question types any committee could use. Donors and access: questions to ask about money in politics https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/donors-access-money-politics-questions/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/donors-access-money-politics-questions/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 What research shows about donors and access to officials, recent cases from both parties, and specific, nonpartisan questions voters and reporters can ask. How one question changed history https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/one-question-changed-history/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/one-question-changed-history/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Five moments when one question changed what happened next, from the Watergate tapes and the Army-McCarthy hearings to the Challenger inquiry, and what they share. John Perry Barlow's questions about the internet and freedom https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/john-perry-barlow-internet-freedom-questions/ https://goodquestionproject.com/blog/john-perry-barlow-internet-freedom-questions/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The questions John Perry Barlow and the early internet-freedom movement raised in the 1990s about speech, sovereignty, ownership and privacy, and how they look now.