• Resolved: Individuals have a right to health care. Consider the language from the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free...
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,...
Debaters are unusual and among the few engaged in public policy debates not guided or influenced by special interests. America’s founders used the term factions, and argued that when government meddles in the economy it...
Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg’s TED2005 talk Global priorities bigger than climate change has nearly 1.5 million views. Commenters can critics disagree with Lomborg and argue climate change should be the biggest priority. Unlike many critics of...
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...
Imagine a young Ebenezer Scrooge debating the foreign aid or international terrorism topics. How do we best reduce poverty and conflict in the developing world? Scrooge competed in an early 1800s English debating society...
December 20, 2018 -Abolish Peace Corps-(maybe sunset or transfer to nonprofit). The Peace Corps: A lot of bucks for very little bang, Brookings, October 16 2017 However, at approximately $56,500 per volunteer per year, the Peace Corps is one...
Earlier posts have discussed the three announced motions for the The Winter Holidays Open in Zagreb. (STEM searching, Enviro cost accounting, Poor environmental accounting, 100% Inheritance tax) This post wonders if evil scientists popular in movies scare...
NCFCA’s 2020-21 topic on E.U. immigration reform is connected to past topics on foreign aid, transportation, agriculture, China, and ocean policy. All key topics because for mankind, prosperity follows agriculture, fisheries, transportation, and trade....
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...
