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1ABORTION - SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL?

2ACLU - IS THE ACLU GOOD FOR AMERICA?

3ALTERNATIVE ENERGY VS. FOSSIL FUELS - CAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EFFECTIVELY REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS?

4ANIMAL DISSECTION - SHOULD K-12 STUDENTS DISSECT ANIMALS IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS?

5ANIMAL TESTING- SHOULD ANIMALS BE USED FOR SCIENTIFIC OR COMMERCIAL TESTING?

6BANNED BOOKS - SHOULD PARENTS OR OTHER ADULTS BE ABLE TO BAN BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES?

7BIG THREE AUTO BAILOUT - SHOULD THE BIG THREE CAR MANUFACTURERS BE BAILED OUT BY THE US GOVERNMENT?

8BINGE-WATCHING - IS BINGE-WATCHING GOOD FOR YOU?
HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medical Marijuana
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
Vaping E-Cigarettes
Vaccines for Kids
Milk - Is It Healthy?
OTC Birth Control
Abortion
Vegetarianism
Obesity a Disease?
Obamacare
Right to Health Care
Prescription Drug Ads
Marijuana for Pets

9BORN GAY? - IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DETERMINED AT BIRTH?

10BOTTLED WATER BAN - SHOULD BOTTLED WATER BE BANNED?

11CELL PHONE RADIATION - ARE CELL PHONES SAFE?

12CHURCHES AND TAXES - SHOULD CHURCHES (DEFINED AS CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, SYNAGOGUES, ETC.) REMAIN TAX-EXEMPT?

13CLIMATE CHANGE - IS HUMAN ACTIVITY PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

14COLLEGE EDUCATION - IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT?
EDUCATION

School Uniforms
Homework
Animal Dissection
Student Loan Debt
Standardized Tests
Free College
College Education Worth It?
School Vouchers
Corporal Punishment
Banned Books
Teacher Tenure
Tablets vs. Textbooks
D.A.R.E (archived 6/3/13)

15COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - SHOULD COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPLACE THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BCS) WITH A PLAYOFF SYSTEM?

16CONCEALED HANDGUNS - SHOULD ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN?

17CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - SHOULD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BE USED IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

18CORPORATE TAX RATE & JOBS - DOES LOWERING THE FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE CREATE JOBS?

19CUBA EMBARGO - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN ITS EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA?

20DACA & DREAMERS - ARE DACA (DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS) AND THE DREAM ACT GOOD FOR AMERICA?

21DAKOTA PIPELINE - SHOULD THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE BE COMPLETED?

22D.A.R.E. - IS THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GOOD FOR AMERICA'S KIDS (K-12)?

23DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES KEEP DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
POLITICS & SOCIETY

Death Penalty
Drinking Age - Lower It?
Illegal Immigration
Gun Control
Recreational Marijuana
Mandatory National Service
ACLU - Good for America?
Concealed Handguns
Sanctuary Cities
Under God in the Pledge
DACA & Dreamers
Dakota Pipeline
WTC Muslim Center (archived 6/3/13)

24DEATH PENALTY - SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ALLOWED?

25DRINKING AGE - SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE LOWERED FROM 21 TO A YOUNGER AGE?

26DRONE STRIKES OVERSEAS - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE ITS USE OF DRONE STRIKES ABROAD?

27DRUG USE IN SPORTS - SHOULD PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (SUCH AS STEROIDS) BE ACCEPTED IN SPORTS?

28EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE BE LEGAL?

29ELECTION DAY NATIONAL HOLIDAY - SHOULD THE ELECTION DAY BE MADE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY?

30ELECTORAL COLLEGE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES USE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Animal Testing
Cell Phone Radiation
Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels
Climate Change
Net Neutrality
Police Body Cameras
Bottled Water Ban
Zoos
GMOs

31FELON VOTING - SHOULD FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE (INCARCERATION, PROBATION, AND PAROLE) BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

32FIGHTING IN H0CKEY - SHOULD FIGHTING BE ALLOWED IN HOCKEY?

33FREE COLLEGE - SHOULD PUBLIC COLLEGE BE TUITION-FREE?

34GAY MARRIAGE - SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

35GMOs - SHOULD GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs) BE GROWN?

36GOLD STANDARD - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD?

37GOLF - IS IT A SPORT?

38GUN CONTROL - SHOULD MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS BE ENACTED?

39HOMEWORK - IS HOMEWORK BENEFICIAL?
ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS

2020 Presidential Election
Felon Voting
Electoral College
Lowering the Voting Age to 16
Election Day National Holiday
Voting Machines
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
2008 Presidential Election (archived 1/19/09)
2012 Presidential Election (archived 1/22/13)
2016 Presidential Election (archived 1/21/17)

40ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA?

41INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS - SHOULD INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS BE ALLOWED?

42ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?

43MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES HAVE MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE?

44MARIJUANA FOR PETS - IS CBD GOOD FOR PETS?

45MEDICAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD MARIJUANA BE A MEDICAL OPTION?

46MILK - IS DRINKING MILK HEALTHY FOR HUMANS?

47MINIMUM WAGE - SHOULD THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BE INCREASED?

48NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS - IS KNEELING DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROTEST?

49NET NEUTRALITY - SHOULD NET NEUTRALITY BE RESTORED?
WORLD / INTERNATIONAL

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Cuba Embargo
Drone Strikes Overseas
US Drone Shot Down by Iran
US - Iraq War (archived 12/31/11)

50OBAMACARE - IS THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) GOOD FOR AMERICA?

51OBESITY - IS OBESITY A DISEASE?

52OLYMPICS - ARE THE OLYMPIC GAMES AN OVERALL BENEFIT FOR THEIR HOST COUNTRIES AND CITIES?

53OTC BIRTH CONTROL - SHOULD BIRTH CONTROL PILLS BE AVAILABLE OVER-THE-COUNTER?

54PENNY - SHOULD THE PENNY STAY IN CIRCULATION?

55POKÉMON - IS POKÊMON GO GOOD FOR OUR SOCIETY?

56POLICE BODY CAMERAS - SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS WEAR BODY CAMERAS?

57PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADS - SHOULD PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BE ADVERTISED DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS?

58PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON - WAS BILL CLINTON A GOOD PRESIDENT?

59PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN - WAS RONALD REAGAN A GOOD PRESIDENT?
SEX & GENDER

Gay Marriage
Prostitution - Legalize It?
Born Gay? Origins of Sexual Orientation

60PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2008 - WHICH CANDIDATE WOULD MAKE THE BEST US PRESIDENT?

61PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2012 - WHICH CANDIDATE SHOULD BE US PRESIDENT?

62PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2016 - WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED US PRESIDENT?

63PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2020 - WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED US PRESIDENT?

64PROSTITUTION - SHOULD PROSTITUTION BE LEGAL?

65RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BE LEGAL

66RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE - SHOULD ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT (BE ENTITLED) TO HEALTH CARE?

67SANCTUARY CITIES - SHOULD SANCTUARY CITIES RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING?

68SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014 - SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014?

69SATURDAY HALLOWEEN - SHOULD HALLOWEEN BE MOVED PERMANENTLY TO SATURDAY?

70SCHOOL UNIFORMS - SHOULD STUDENTS HAVE TO WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS?

71SCHOOL VOUCHERS - ARE SCHOOL VOUCHERS A GOOD IDEA?

72SOCIAL MEDIA - ARE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES GOOD FOR OUR SOCIETY?
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS

Social Media
Video Games and Violence
Drug Use in Sports
Binge-Watching
Golf - Is It a Sport?
Olympics
Kneeling during National Anthem
Fighting in Hockey
Pokémon
Saturday Halloween
College Football Playoffs (archived 9/18/12)

73SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION - SHOULD SOCIAL SECURITY BE PRIVATIZED?

74STANDARDIZED TESTS - IS THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTS IMPROVING EDUCATION IN AMERICA?

75STUDENT LOAN DEBT - SHOULD STUDENT LOAN DEBT BE EASIER TO DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY?

76TABLETS VS. TEXTBOOKS -SHOULD TABLETS REPLACE TEXTBOOKS IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

77TEACHER TENURE - SHOULD TEACHERS GET TENURE?

78UBER & LYFT - ARE RIDE-HAILING COMPANIES SUCH AS UBER AND LYFT AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO SOCIETY?

79UNDER GOD IN THE PLEDGE - SHOULD THE WORDS "UNDER GOD" BE IN THE US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?

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