Energy powers the American economy, from transportation to textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing, to information technologies, communications, even rocket launches. Lots of matter and electrons pushed one way and another making and moving the everyday...
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform the use of Artificial Intelligence technology. [Update May 28: AI resolution was chosen.] Gaming AI: Why AI Can’t Think but Can Transform Jobs by George...
Resolved: Tort law should be substantially reformed in the United States. Cato, Heritage, AIER, AEI, and other market-oriented think tanks and education organization have resources worth reviewing on tort law reform: • Liability Protections...
Resolved: Election law should be substantially reformed in the United States. Stoa debaters researching election law reform can review Ballotpedia’s page Elections and campaigns on the ballot for information on: Suffrage on the ballot...
The cost of a home in Texas is drastically cheaper than owning a home in California. The average cost of a home in the U.S. is $231,000. A home costs 60% more in California compared to Texas. In Texas, the median home price is only $195,000, which is...
Notes and resources for the resolution: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding federally recognized tribes in the United States. The Alliance for Renewing Indigenous Economies (indigenousecon.org) outlines problems with...
[June 24 update: federal prison policies topic was chosen]Notes on economics of federal prison reform The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction. Since many homeschool...
Novelist Ursula K. Le Guin passed away recently. In my teens I read nearly all her science fiction novels, and have read the Earthsea Trilogy many times since. The essay below (revised here) was...
An earlier post spoke of a “distant metabolic gift” that people today in rich societies struggle with. For many thousands of years the struggle was to survive winters. So the metabolic systems of humans,...
by Marina Tanase (author of earlier posts, More on Globalization – Covid and its effects and The Real Story of Globalization) If one were to ask me why I decided to write this article...
