1. Is Deval Patrick Obama’s canary in the coal mine?
2. What can save Social Security?
3. Should the stimulus have been larger?
4. What role should student performance on standardized tests have in evaluating teacher performance?
5. Will the Supreme Court rule that gay marriage is constitutional prior to 2012?
6. Why is America’s trust in the media declining?
7. Will Harry Reid keep his Senate seat?
8. Who is the biggest loser in the Blagojevich verdict?
9. Why did the U.S. economy not experience a summer recovery?
10. Will President Obama’s comments about the mosque at Ground Zero harm Democrats chances in November?
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1. Is education the biggest economic challenge facing the United States?
2. Should online gambling be legalized?
3. Why is President Obama’s support among white voters falling?
4. Would drug legalization by the United States be the best form of assistance to Mexico in its drug war?
5. Is the cost of Michelle Obama’s recent vacation news worthy?
6. How can the federal government eliminate waste in Medicare and Medicaid?
7. Why are electricity blackouts in the U.S. skyrocketing?
8. Is the Gulf oil spill still a potent political issue?
9. Should the House pass the state jobs bill?
10. Is President Obama an asset or a liability for Democrats this November?
1. Should the Bush tax cuts be made permanent for all income brackets?
2. How can the U.S. become less dependent on foreign oil?
3. Are concerns about Elena Kagan’s views on the second amendment overblown?
4. Will Rangel and Waters ethics problems harm Democrats chances in November?
5. Is the You Cut project all bark and no bite?
6. Does the Fair Sentencing Act effectively solve the racial discrepancy in sentencing for cocaine possession?
7. Will Rupert Murdoch’s online business model succeed?
8. How can state legislatures make Congressional districts more competitive?
9. Why is President Obama losing the support of independent voters?
10. Can Rand Paul win his Senate race?
1. What is the most important Senate race for the Republican Party in 2010?
2. Are fears about America’s fiscal situation overstated?
3. Considering its economic situation, should the United States greatly reduce its foreign aid budget?
4. What grade would President Bush give to Barack Obama’s national security strategy?
5. How much Republican support will Elena Kagan receive?
6. What is the most important financial reform that America’s economy needs?
7. Do teacher’s unions a help or hinder American education?
8. How will the Gulf oil spill affect future offshore drilling practices in the United States?
9. Will the commerce clause defeat challenges to the health care reform bill?
10. What cuts should be made to America’s defense budget?
11. Will Rahm Emanuel be forced to resign over reported job offers to Congressional candidates?
12. Can Jerry Brown fix California?
13. Would means testing save Social Security?
As was done for the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) national tournament, Extemp Central provides you with this topic area analysis for the United States extemp portion of next week’s NFL national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the final installment of our four-part series, we explore four of the thirteen topic areas at the 2010 NFL National Tournament in United States Extemp.
Topic Area #10: National Security and Homeland Security
Topic Area #11: The Obama Administration
Topic Area #12: State and Local Politics: Major Elections, Budgets, Welfare, and Immigration Issues
Topic Area #13: U.S. Policies, Programs, and Regulatory Policy
Keep reading to explore these areas in further depth.
As was done for the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) national tournament, Extemp Central provides you with this topic area analysis for the United States extemp portion of next week’s NFL national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the third of our four-part series, we explore three of the thirteen topic areas at the 2010 NFL National Tournament in United States Extemp.
Topic Area #7: Education
Topic Area #8: Energy & the Environment
Topic Area #9: Health Care Reform
Keep reading to explore these areas in further depth.
As was done for the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) national tournament, Extemp Central provides you with this topic area analysis for the United States extemp portion of next week’s NFL national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the second of our four-part series, we explore three of the thirteen topic areas at the 2010 NFL National Tournament in United States Extemp.
Topic Area #4: America: The Path from 2000 to 2010
Topic Area #5: The American Judiciary: Nominations, Recent Cases, and Theoretical Approaches
Topic Area #6: The Banking Crisis and American Business
Keep reading to explore these areas in further depth.
As was done for the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) national tournament, Extemp Central provides you with this topic area analysis for the United States extemp portion of next week’s NFL national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
In the first of our four-part series, we explore three of the thirteen topic areas at the 2010 NFL National Tournament in United States Extemp.
Topic Area #1: The 2010 and 2012 Elections
Topic Area #2: The American Economy: Economic Theory and Core Economic Policymaking
Topic Area #3: American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Questions and Ongoing Foreign Engagements
Keep reading to explore these areas in further depth.
As was done for the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) national tournament, Extemp Central provides you with this topic area analysis for the United States extemp portion of next week’s NFL national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.
Since this is my third year writing a topic area analysis for the NFL National tournament for the website, I’ll rehash my thoughts about why I think United States extemp is more difficult than International extemp. These thoughts were printed in last season’s topic area analysis:
First, it is very difficult to write thirteen rounds of questions about the United States. Yes, we are a great country and many of the things that take place here establish policy that significantly alters the globe. However, trying to come up with nearly thirty questions per round about issues only in the United States is very difficult. This is compounded by a problem all extempers are familiar with at some local tournaments: a lack of quality questions. I remember senior year the first question I drew was “Why does the right hate public education?” I also have encountered questions about whether prisoners should have to work, questions about timber companies, and questions about water problems in Utah. All of these questions show that there is a depth to U.S. extemp that can get very nit picky and there might come a time in the tournament when an extemper is going to be forced to talk about an issue they may never have heard of or not have a lot of substantial material to support a speech in their file boxes.
In Supreme Court Work, Early Views of Kagan from the New York Times
Suspect must speak up to claim right to remain silent, Supreme Court rules, limiting ‘Miranda’ from the Chicago Tribune
Souter at Harvard, on the Supreme Court from the Los Angeles Times
Elena Who? Why the Summer’s Blockbuster is Looking Like a Dud from the Wall Street Journal
Entire N.J. judicial panel resigns to protest Gov. Christie’s non-tenure of Justice Wallace from the New Jersey Star Ledger
Supreme Court: no immunity for ex-Somali official from Reuters
Time running out, candidates face spending limbo from the Arizona Republic
N.Y. Republicans Tap Lazio as Candidate for Governor from Business Week
Blagojevich trial will be key performance for ex-governor from the Washington Post
The new US security strategy from the Lebanese Daily Star
For Republican Women, 2010 Is Already A Huge Year from NPR
The BP spill: Obama’s Katrina? from the Los Angeles Times
Obama border initiative recalls Bush tactics from the Financial Times
George W. Bush touts wind-power legacy at Dallas convention from the Dallas Morning News
US hegemony in Middle East is ending from the Guardian
Assessing a benchmark in Obama’s ‘yes, but’ strategy from Foreign Policy
Obama’s National Security Strategy: Is ‘I’m not Bush’ ending? from the Christian Science Monitor
Defense, counter-terrorism key focus of India-U.S. strategic dialogue from the Hindustan Times
Obama’s policy toward the Caucasus and U.S. credibility from the Global Politician
Analysis: North Korea tests U.S. policy of ‘strategic patience’ from the Washington Post
Russia submits U.S. nuclear arms deal to parliament from Reuters
Bernanke says global recovery depends on emerging markets, central banks from the Washington Post
House Votes to Eliminate Hedge Fund Tax Break from the New York Times
U.S. warned to deal with debt to avert another crisis from the Dallas Morning News
The White House Finally Explains Keynesian Economics from the Atlantic
Kansas Republican: VAT Tax Would Cripple U.S. Recovery from U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Senator wants disclosure on outsourced calls from Reuters
How Bad Is It Really for the Unemployed? from the Brookings Institute
1. How should the U.S. respond to Israel’s raid on a convoy of boats that were carrying aid to the Gaza Strip?
2. Has America’s national security strategy been derailed by debt?
3. Why are Americans so stressed out?
4. Would Charles Schumer’s effort to charge companies for transferred calls positively or negatively impact the U.S. economy?
5. Will Mark Kirk’s misrepresentation of a military commendation cost him the Illinois Senate race?
6. How will the Gulf oil spill impact the 2012 presidential election?
7. Is the U.S. misguided in its backing of a UN Security Council resolution for a nuclear free zone in the Middle East?
8. Will the 2010 midterm elections lead to the election of a lot of one term senators?
9. Has the military’s voice been ignored in Congressional proceedings over whether “don’t ask, don’t tell” should be repealed?
10. Are America’s schools becoming economically segregated?
Poll Shows Paul Still Leads in Kentucky from the Wall Street Journal
Illinois Senate candidate on defensive over military claim from the Los Angeles Times
Case withdraws from Congressional race from the Honolulu Advertiser
Sharp swings mark Republican governor’s race in California from the Washington Post
NY Democrat Andrew Cuomo sounding a lot like NJ Gov. Chris Christie from the New Jersey Star Ledger
In Ohio, Gauge for Midterms, Economy Rules from the New York Times
Gingrich calls oil spill response ‘total failure’ from the Chicago Tribune