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On February 24, 2014

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1. Is Bill de Blasio misguided in limiting the growth of New York City charter schools?
2. Who is the most vulnerable Senate Democrat in 2014?
3. What role should states play in making American education policy?
4. Will an e-mail probe in Wisconsin dampen Scott Walker’s 2016 presidential prospects?
5. Is it better for states to raise the minimum wage or have the federal government set a uniform national standard?
6. Can an expansion of online gambling help state economies?
7. Will Jan Brewer veto the Arizona anti-gay service bill?
8. Should California be split into six states?
9. Has President Obama’s environmental policy handicapped America’s economic growth?
10. What impact will food stamp cuts in the recent farm bill have on America’s poor?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of February 24th-March 2nd, 2014

On February 24, 2014

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1. Is Ukraine heading for a partition?
2. What impact will the arrest of Joaquin Guzman have on the Mexican drug trade?
3. How will growing Saudi-Pakistani ties affect the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East?
4. Have international sanctions failed to reduce Robert Mugabe’s hold on Zimbabwe?
5. Has the Bolivian government done enough to respond to recent floods?
6. Matteo Renzi: The answer to Italy’s political and economic dysfunction?
7. If Scotland votes for independence, is it fit to join the European Union?
8. How should Vladimir Putin approach the Ukrainian situation?
9. Did Maduro’s government err by imprisoning Leopoldo Lopez?
10. Has China’s growing economic clout given it more leverage over how the rest of the world interacts with the Dalai Lama?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of February 17th-23rd, 2014

On February 17, 2014

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1. Can Canada successfully balance its budget before 2015?
2. How can Cyprus be reunified?
3. Should African aid agencies adopt “results-oriented” agendas?
4. Are Turkish aspirations of joining the EU dead?
5. Will Lebanon’s new cabinet provide the nation with some much needed stability?
6. Why are the Syrian peace talks going nowhere?
7. How can Japan repair its diplomatic relationship with South Korea?
8. What impact will Moktada al-Sadr’s retirement have on Iraqi politics?
9. Is the Ukrainian protest movement collapsing?
10. Can diplomatic pressure force African nations to not enact anti-gay legislation?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of February 17th-23rd, 2014

On February 17, 2014

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1. How can the UAW unionize more auto plants in the South?
2. Does the Ninth Circuit’s recent ruling on concealed firearms signal the beginning of the end of the American gun control movement?
3. Would the unionization of college football players harm athletes that compete in less publicized intercollegiate sports?
4. How can the United States federal government improve math and science education?
5. Should Internet freedom occupy a more prominent place in American foreign policy?
6. Will John Kasich win re-election this November?
7. Was the passage of a clean debt ceiling bill a significant political victory for President Obama?
8. Has the “war on tobacco” succeeded?
9. Are Rand Paul’s attacks on Bill Clinton working?
10. Will the legalization of gay marriage in more states help or hinder conservative candidates in the 2014 midterms?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of February 10th-16th, 2014

On February 10, 2014

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1. Is the U.S. power grid safe from terrorism?
2. How should the U.S. respond to reports of Iranian warships near the U.S. maritime border?
3. Will more states adopt “death with dignity” bills by 2020?
4. What is the state of the states?
5. Why is youth unemployment so high?
6. Is another debt ceiling crisis inevitable?
7. If Republicans win control of the Senate in 2014 will they attempt to impeach President Obama?
8. Is a comprehensive or piecemeal approach the best way to enact immigration reform?
9. Jimmy Fallon: Adequate replacement for Jay Leno or bound to suffer Conan O’Brien’s fate?
10. Is Hillary Clinton’s anticipated presidential campaign harming Democrats chances of winning the 2014 midterms?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of February 10th-16th, 2014

On February 10, 2014

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1. Have the Sochi Olympics been a disaster?
2. Are African and French peacekeepers doing enough to contain religious violence in the Central African Republic?
3. What steps should the Bosnian government take to lower the nation’s unemployment rate?
4. Why are civilian casualties on the rise in Afghanistan?
5. Would it be a mistake for Japan to abandon nuclear power?
6. Have protests against Yingluck Shinawatra failed?
7. Will Salvador Sanchez Ceren win El Salvador’s presidential run-off?
8. Is the ANC’s control of South African politics harming the nation?
9. How can China improve its environmental record?
10. Is the Catholic Church doing enough to act on sex abuse allegations?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of February 3rd-9th, 2014

On February 3, 2014

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1. How can Great Britain increase the number of women in Parliament?
2. What role should Turkey play in the Syrian civil war?
3. Is Spain’s economy on the mend?
4. Will 2014 spell disaster for the Venezuelan and Argentinian economies?
5. Should Great Britain leave the European Union?
6. How will Costa Rica’s presidential election impact its relationship with the United States?
7. Should Uganda pull its troops out of South Sudan?
8. Does Nicaragua’s new constitution weaken democratic institutions?
9. Is Nigeria fracturing along religious lines?
10. How should the EU handle the Ukrainian political crisis?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of February 3rd-9th, 2014

On February 3, 2014

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1. What is the state of the union?
2. Has the GOP lost middle America?
3. What steps should be taken to fight heroin use?
4. Should the U.S. extradite Amanda Knox?
5. What impact would the Keystone XL Pipeline have on the U.S. economy?
6. Should President Obama be given fast track trade authority?
7. Is the TSA necessary?
8. How can America close the “achievement gap” in elementary and secondary education?
9. Has Paul Ryan’s stance on immigration reform cost him the 2016 Republican presidential nomination?
10. Will Chris Christie have to resign by the end of 2014?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of January 27th-February 2nd, 2014

On January 27, 2014

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1. Why has McDonald’s suffered disappointing quarterly sales?
2. Should all American students be required to take Algebra II?
3. Can Wendy Davis win the Texas gubernatorial election this fall?
4. Should the Republican Party adopt a shorter presidential primary calendar?
5. Why has abortion become such a polarizing political issue?
6. Will more U.S. states legalize marijuana use in 2014?
7. What steps does Hillary Clinton need to take to win Iowa in 2016?
8. Has privacy become the biggest victim of the war on terrorism?
9. Should public schools serve dinner to students?
10. Do state constitutional bans on gay marriage violate the Fourteenth Amendment?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of January 27th-February 2nd, 2014

On January 27, 2014

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1. How can the Argentinian government tame inflation?
2. Will the new Tunisian constitution bring stability to the country that began the Arab Spring?
3. Is the euro zone experiencing a fragile recovery?
4. How will marijuana legalization in the United States affect Mexico’s drug cartels?
5. Why are investors becoming anxious about emerging markets?
6. Should Abdelaziz Bouteflika seek a fourth term?
7. Will the recent agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front bring lasting peace?
8. How will stronger defense ties between India and Japan impact China’s foreign policy in Asia?
9. Is Ukraine’s opposition overreaching?
10. Has Egypt’s military government been beneficial for homosexuals?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of January 20th-26th-2014

On January 20, 2014

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1. Have tigher border security measures implemented by Kim Jong-un negatively affected the North Korean economy?
2. Would a UN transitional administration bring stability to the Central African Republic?
3. Has the Special Tribunal for Lebanon been disappointing?
4. Does Australia need to work with Indonesia to reduce its number of asylum seekers?
5. How should the international community react to Nigeria’s anti-gay legislation?
6. Why are global religious tensions increasing?
7. Should the Mexican government work with or against vigilante groups to win its battle against the country’s drug cartels?
8. Will the “Geneva 2” talks produce a breakthrough with regards to the Syrian civil war?
9. Would the sectarian partition of Iraq enhance Middle Eastern stability?
10. Will the Awami League be forced to call early elections by the end of 2014?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of January 20th-26th, 2014

On January 20, 2014

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1. Is it in the Republican Party’s interest to become the party of international isolationism?
2. What regulations should the U.S. government place on Bitcoin?
3. Is the U.S. doing enough to avoid a cyber attack?
4. What laws should be passed to effectively regulate Google Glass?
5. Are net neutrality rules necessary?
6. Does lethal injection violate the Eighth Amendment?
7. Should police be allowed to search a suspect’s cell phone without a warrant?
8. Bridgegate vs. Benghazi: Which is the more damaging scandal?
9. Will President Obama’s proposed changes to the NSA’s surveillance program successfully allay the concerns of privacy advocates?
10. What steps should California take to battle its recent drought?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of January 13th-19th, 2014

On January 13, 2014

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1. Has the New Jersey traffic scandal permanently damaged Chris Christie’s presidential ambitions?
2. What policies can the federal government pursue to get more adults in the labor force?
3. Will marijuana be legalized in all fifty states by 2020?
4. Are police playing too much of a role in school discipline proceedings?
5. Bill de Blasio’s horse-drawn carriage ban: necessary step to protect animal rights or poor political move?
6. Is a new bubble forming in the American stock market?
7. What impact will the West Virginia chemical spill have on the coal industry?
8. Will the polar vortex strengthen or weaken the hand of global warming advocates?
9. How can the Republican Party improve its image as a party that is insensitive to the poor?
10. Why has the war on poverty not been won?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of January 13th-19th, 2014

On January 13, 2014