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GOVERNMENT WASTE — Streetlights on at 4 a.m.? Sixteen sets of agendas that no one reads? Is there an example of government waste that really ticks you off?

TODAY’S PATRIOTS — So on the day we celebrate Ben Franklin and our nation’s independence, who are today’s true patriots (other than Tom Brady)?

FACEBOOK NATION — We all know Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites are enormously popular. But are we becoming addicted to the point where they are dominating our time? For some people, the answer seems to be yes. We’ll ask readers how much time they spend each day using social media and how they think that affects their lives.

HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG? — To have a cell phone, that is. We’ll ask parents and kids to weigh in on the appropriate age to have a cell phone.

SUMMER FUN — Readers will write about What They Are Reading, or Planning to, This Summer

BENEDICT ARNOLDS OF THE YANKEES-RED SOX SERIES — Who is the biggest Benedict Arnold of the Yankees-Red Sox series: Babe Ruth, Mike Torrez, Roger Clemens, Johnny Damon, or others. Can be incorporated with a most hated Yankees and Red Sox lineup that could work as capsules surrounding the Benedict Arnold project.

DREAM 18 (WHERE WOULD BEN FRANKLIN PLAY?) — If you could design the ideal golf course using only holes from the area, We will ask readers to submit their top hole in the area, with photos of them playing it, to devise out top 18.