Novelists can be inspired by the past but can also create a past of their own to influence others, painting vast injustices with magical words and stories. In the news recently: “‘One Hundred Years of...
New frontiers of scientific discovery can fill us with wonder and excitement. New planets or meteors or subatomic particles discovered, or new medical breakthroughs to cure diseases, new flying cars, energy sources, or nanotech...
It’s always a good time to review, restructure, and reduce federal programs long shown to be ineffective. This includes programs for foreign aid, and foreign policy regarding international terrorism, plus legal immigration, recent national...
[Updated from earlier post on earlier freedom vs. equity value debate topic] For students researching and debating the foreign aid reform and international terrorism debate topics, Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel, North and South offers food for...
Notes and links for presentation to the Student Conference On National Affairs (SCONA) Texas A&M University, February 25, 2011 Below are updated notes from my presentation to military students attending the 2011 Student Conference...
The school year has begun and immigration policy is in the news. Current national and Texas debate topics focus on immigration policy and values. The national NSDA (and UIL) policy topic is: Resolved: The...
In 1986 I was directing education programs, including high school debate programs, for the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, New York. FEE’s monthly magazine was The Freeman, long edited by Paul Poirot and I...
Consider the NSDA immigration reform topic, the Stoa foreign aid reform topic, and all three NCFCA topics (West Africa, European Union, International Terrorism): what if a single case could resolve or at least shed...
The public school NSDA policy debate topic for the coming school year calls for immigration reform: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States....
Among the three proposed NCFCA topics is: Resolved: The USFG should substantially reform its foreign policy regarding international terrorism. Since the 9/11 attacks international terrorism has been at the center of U.S. foreign policy....
