Stoa debate students have a high-tech resolution for the coming school year: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its electronic surveillance law. So homeschool students will be researching and debating many legal...
Most of the Middle East is troubled because most cities lack open societies and economies. State capitalism and socialism are the rule on most countries. Tradition-heavy societies regulated by entrenched elites is more the rule in world...
Lincoln Douglas debaters have economic freedom versus equity as a national topic. It’s value debate rather than a policy debate, but if freedom should be valued above equity, or equity above freedom, these value...
Imagine a government license was required to start a debate club, or to coach a student for free or for pay. Actually, that’s not so hard to imagine. Any city council that could ban...
I posted on the NCFCA policy topic, asking how refugee camps could be reformed or transformed to allow more economic freedom. Could refugee camps be Startup Cities. Lincoln-Douglas debaters might be suspicious of a LD...
For students researching Middle East policy, this fascinating July 4th NYT article is highly recommended: Refugee Camp for Syrians in Jordan Evolves as a Do-It-Yourself City. The Zaatari Refugee Camp, now home for over 85,000...
Lincoln-Douglas debaters are exploring the new NCFCA topic: Resolved: In the realm of economics, freedom ought to be valued above equity. That exploration leads into the realm of economics. It’s sort of like exploring Narnia where...
The revised wording for the 2014-2015 NCFCA Lincoln-Douglas topic is: Resolved: In the realm of economics, freedom ought to be valued above equity. The topics’ original wording was: Resolved: Economic freedom ought to be...
Religions are blamed for much turmoil in the Middle East. If only people could all just get along and not turn to violence to convert those of other faiths, argue the critics. In reality,...
In this 2012 interview Hernando de Soto explains how his ILD team was drawn into economic research in the Middle East. DeSoto’s discussion of legal institutions and elites and how they obstruct economic reform and...
