“War was God’s way of teaching Americans geography” (Ambrose Bierce) For debaters researching US military commitments, there’s a big world out there and a couple centuries of US history to explore. Economists have argued...
Economic Thinking offers services to debate clubs and organizations. For Daisy Debate Open Houses (September 11, 18, 25, 6 pm Eastern time), Greg Rehmke will offer short comments on economics of demonstration debates. Each...
For students researching and debating the European Union immigration reform, Who Really Wants to Solve the Problem of Poverty? shares a success story of 600 million escaping poverty. The worldwide transition from poverty to...
The Stoa debate league has chosen its 2020-21 policy debate topic: Resolved: The USFG should considerably decrease its military commitments. US military commitments around the world (Montgomery Herald, July 9, 2018) reviews the scope...
Stoa league has Policy and LD topic choice with analysis: Spring Vote 2020. 1. Preliminary notes and links, first on foreign policy: Can this new think tank clean up America’s flabby foreign policy? (The...
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...
All three NCFCA policy topics have long and complex economic and political histories. And a wide range of reforms have been proposed for today’s federal immigration, FDA, and energy policies. An earlier post provided...
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform one or more of the laws administered by the Department of Labor. This 1995 Heritage Foundation Report doesn’t call for reforming laws administered by the...
Prices are falling for travel by bus, ship, train, car, and airplane. For tourists, this is good news. It now costs much less to tour the country and the world. As travel costs fall,...
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...
