Kitchen Questions about World Topics

Jennifer Bonn
2 min readMay 2, 2024
Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

I was in the kitchen with my husband having our morning coffee when the news covered the protests on college campuses. They were interviewing Jewish students who had been harassed.

My husband asked, “Why is there so much hatred toward Jews?”

That prompted a whole list of other questions. Since I think it’s important for us to reflect and discuss topics that matter, and discuss them respectfully, here is a list of questions we were asking in our kitchen. How would you answer these questions and what questions do you have?

What happened to freedom of speech and religion?

Why do we think fighting hate with hate is a good idea?

Why don’t we have a better choice for president?

What is a good response to the brutality that Hamas committed without committing brutality ourselves?

How is the average American getting by with all the high prices?

Do the protesting college students realize there are instigators among them who only care about instigating, not the cause?

Will our children be able to buy a house?

What is wrong with our school system?

Why do we turn to drugs so often for health issues when the side effects are worse than the…

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Jennifer Bonn

My specialties are education, running, parenting, and self-help. My book 101 Tips to Lighten Your Burden can be found on Amazon. My blogwww.jenniferswriting.org