My Character Is Getting Bossy

How bad is it when a fictional character you've created tells you do something and you do it? Yesterday, Sparrow announced that YouTube and CNN want us to submit questions to the candidates before the next set of presidential debates. And so, without further ado (and no rehearsal, obviously), I asked my son to film my 30-second question:



What a great project for teens this summer. If you scroll through the submitted videos (mine didn't seem to make the cut -- must have broken the rules somehow), you'll see plenty of fresh, young faces and ideas from first-time voters.