The National Speech and Debate Association lists current LD, Public Forum, and Policy topics. Below are notes on the November-December Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land. Many...
Though most guest workers for US agriculture travel from Mexico, thousands come from Central and South America. The WSJ Op-Ed, Red Tape Is the Biggest Crop on Some Farms (Aug. 28, 2015) reports: The...
Last post looked at USFG policies pushing alternative and usually more expensive energy sources in South America. A USFG goal is to reduce carbon dioxide and methane emissions from coal, oil, and natural gas...
The NCFCA debate topic for 2025-26 is: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform Congress. NCFCA provides a Policy Resolution Background Paper here. For the NCFCA national tournament, this flyer discussed relevant...
Charles Dicken’s novel, A Christmas Carol, was set in England in the early 1840s. We hope England and Europe escapes the cold of the winter of 1840-41. Modern industrial societies should be safe from...
Links to readings for this Liberty Fund colloquium on Population, Resources, and Liberty: The Continuing Impact of Julian Simon SESSION I : Julian Simon’s Contributions to Perennial Policy Debates• Simon, Julian.”Philosophy and My Work...
Over the last year public health became the world’s number one public policy concern, and poor nutrition should have been at the center of discussion and debate. Past nutrition and public health posts share...
Energy is big business, and so is food for human energy. Students can gain insights into energy policy and politics by looking at the competing supply ecosystems of the food industry. Ranchers, pig farmers,...
Energy is the master resource. Energy can draw water from the sea and pump it up mountains. Sending water down mountains to deep valley deserts generates energy and take the salt out along the...
With Marvel’s Infinity War showing on Netflix, millions who rarely venture to movie theaters can immerse themselves again in the Marvel universe. For Marvel readers, Thanos seems similar to Galactus facing the Fantastic Four in The...
