Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its trade policy with one or more of the following nations: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. Stoa debaters researching the Asia trade topic will regularly...
In explaining the economic way of thinking, we start with the problems and opportunities of scarcity. For every person, family, and society, life offers a series of problems to be solved. Each day we...
A Wall Street Journal headline writer likely sensed something amiss with the latest calls by U.S. steel producers for more protectionism. The August 12, 2015 WSJ print edition article by John W. Miller was titled: “Steelmakers...
Many reforms proposed for the federal court system have goals of reducing pretrial detention, plea-bargaining abuses, lowering the prison population, and reducing the high rate in which released prisoners are again arrested, plead guilty,...
Link to Lemonade Freedom site Poor instruction from a fitness trainer can cause injuries. Food improperly prepared in home kitchens can make people sick. Lemonade stands can serve goods too sour or too sweet....
Ilya Somin, in his August 7, 2015 VC/Washington Post post, “Rethinking jury nullification,” quotes Glenn Reynolds August 6, 2015 USA Today column “Nullifying juries more interested in justice than some prosecutors“: Of course, prosecutors have...
Glenn Harlan Reynolds, in USA Today, March 29, 2015, article titled You are probably breaking the law right now, begins by noting the traditional legal view that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” But there...
In explaining the economic way of thinking, we start with the problems and opportunities of scarcity. For every person, family, and society, life confronts us with both problems to be solved and wonders to...
It is worth considering if locking up Congressmen longer would reduce crime. Wikipedia lists five from Congress convicted during the current Administration, eight convicted during the Bush Administration, and twelve during the Clinton Administration....
Stoa policy debaters have a topic on trade policy with China, Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan. Stoa LD debaters have two topics, including: Resolved: Developing countries ought to prioritize economic growth over environmental protection....
