- Should legal challenges to a president’s executive orders go immediately to the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Is AOC the next Obama?
- Should Social Security be privatized?
- Will the U.S. unemployment rate get worse before the end of 2025?
- Should the Tesla attacks be treated as acts of domestic terrorism?
- What is the best way for Democrats to “resist” the Trump administration?
- Is the U.S. on the road to a constitutional crisis?
- Are releases of Epstein and Kennedy files exposing conspiracy theories as being full of hot air?
- Should the U.S. provide military assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo against M23 rebels?
- Is the possible deportation of American criminals to El Salvador a violation of the Eighth Amendment?
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- Is Netanyahu allowing political consideration to cloud his judgment on how to deal with Hamas?
- Are EU sanctions making it harder to reach a peace deal with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Is the Sudanese civil war turning in favor of the SAF?
- What killed global enthusiasm for free trade?
- Should NATO expel Turkey after the jailing of Ekrem Imamoglu?
- How will higher levels of military spending affect European economies?
- Should Israel step up attacks on the Houthis like they have Hamas and Hezbollah?
- Is Great Britain becoming the “sick man of Europe”?
- Should Poland pursue nuclear weapons?
- Is the elevation of Kirsty Coventry to the IOC presidency a blow for transgender rights?
- Should Calin Georgescu be allowed to participate in Romania’s presidential election?
- Will Syria’s new constitution aid in the stabilization of the country?
- What is the biggest impediment to implementing Egypt’s Gaza reconstruction plan?
- How significant will the prosecution of Rodrigo Duterte be for the ICC’s credibility?
- Is the British Conservative Party in a state of total collapse?
- How can Mark Carney guide Canada’s Liberals to another election victory?
- Which nation becomes the leader of the free world if the United States is no longer willing to take on that challenge?
- Do human rights have a future?
- Can Europe afford its own nuclear deterrent?
- What pivot should left-wing parties around the world take on immigration policy?
A good number of our questions this week come from my old coach, Steve Meadows of the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL), and were used at the KHSSL State Championship on March 7-8.
- Will Greenland be the next Hawaii, annexed by the U.S.?
- How is DOGE affecting the Social Security administration?
- Is it time to dump the penny? What’s your two cents?
- Daylight Savings Time: Keep or kill?
- Why are fewer students attending American colleges?
- Do Senate Democrats need a more combative leader?
- Are U.S. strikes against Yemen’s Houthis laying the groundwork for an attack on Iran?
- Is President Trump losing his tariff war against Canada?
- Should Democrats have pushed for a government shutdown?
- Is it fair to call the Trump administration’s push for a Ukrainian solution “peace at any price”?
- How is President Trump’s one-term status affecting his decision making?
- Are protests at GOP town halls a canary in the coal mine for 2026?
- What tools can sanctuary cities use to defend their status from the U.S. federal government?
- Will BlackRock’s deal with CK Hutchinson Holding end President Trump’s bluster about the Panama Canal?
- When there is the next Supreme Court vacancy, should someone without a legal background be appointed?
- Will the Trump administration be bad for global non-proliferation efforts?
- Is the U.S. currently experiencing a white collar recession?
- Will Tesla’s losses cause Elon Musk to reduce his level of political engagement?
- Should SNAP ban the purchase of sugar and sweetened beverages?
- Will an “economic blackout” cause Amazon to reverse its DEI stance?
- Would a global trade war spark a global recession?
- Can Orsi reverse Uruguay’s economic stagnation?
- What would a post-NATO world look like?
- Should Peru halt oil and gas projects on indigenous lands?
- Is China truly ready for war with the United States?
- Are nuclear weapons losing their deterrence power?
- Should Pope Francis step down?
- Is the recent outbreak of violence in Syria a sign of things to come?
- What conditions would make Hamas agree to disarm?
- Based on the recent surge of Canadian nationalism over U.S. tariffs, does Trudeau regret his decision to step aside?
- Should Turkey release Abdullah Ocalan?
- If you were Volodymyr Zelensky, what would you do after the disastrous Oval Office meeting with President Trump?
- Will the AfD’s exclusion from coalition talks make it stronger?
- Is it in Israel’s national security interest to have a viable, independent Palestinian state?
- Will other countries try to mirror the DOGE experiment?
- How stable is Jordan’s monarchy?
- What should the new Syrian constitution include?
- Was it a mistake for Romanian authorities to lift a travel ban on the Tate brothers?
- Is Iran making a mistake in ruling out direct talks with the Trump administration?
- What is most needed to protect Europe from Russia?
- Would a DOGE stimulus check make U.S. inflation worse?
- What grade does President Trump deserve for his first month in office?
- Who would win a Florida gubernatorial primary between Casey DeSantis and Byron Daniels?
- What can mainstream news outlets do to regain the trust of the American people?
- Is there a method to President Trump’s madness?
- What is the appropriate role for DEI in U.S. education?
- As the U.S. pushes nuclear energy, what should be done with the waste?
- Why did Skype lose to other video calling services?
- How can Democrats win back the working class?
- Has the resistance to Donald Trump collapsed?
- How would the removal of Eric Adams as New York City mayor impact the next mayoral election?
- Is income inequality beginning to weigh on the health of the U.S. economy?
- Should the Trump administration be paying more attention to inflation?
- Why have Americans tired of supporting Ukraine?
- Will Trump’s Pentagon purge imperil U.S. national security?
- If federal research funding is cut, will this erode America’s standing as a global technology leader?
- Could mass federal layoffs turn Virginia solid red again?
- Should U.S. schools move away from 1:1 technology?
- Would a U.S. invasion of Mexico to attack drug cartels become Iraq 2.0?
- Should Illinois allow its southeast counties to join Indiana?
- Who was the biggest loser in the German federal elections?
- Will broader use of AI weaken or strengthen authoritarian regimes?
- Is a closer relationship between the U.S. and Russia good for global security?
- What steps should South Africa take to solve its cost of living crisis?
- Should the Ukrainian government hold a presidential election in wartime?
- Is the $LIBRA scandal a threat to Milei’s presidency?
- What can Zelensky do to change Trump’s mind?
- Should Great Britain ban all knives with pointed ends?
- What impact would peace in Ukraine have on international gas markets?
- Are the EU’s tech rules too strict?
- What should Jordan’s King Abdullah II do if President Trump cuts all U.S. aid?
- Was Iohannis’ resignation a boost for the Romania far-right?
- Which candidate is best positioned to win Ecuador’s presidential runoff this spring?
- Does the integration of the Baltics into the EU’s electric grid enhance European security?
- Has Israel’s war in Gaza made peace in the Middle East easier or harder?
- Why do South Korean presidents frequently overstep?
- To what extent can AI help the global battle against climate change?
- Is Quebec separatism rising again?
- Should the EU have a seat at the table in Ukraine-Russia peace talks?
- When it is time to select the next pope will the Catholic Church move in a more conservative direction?
- Should Pete Buttigieg run for Michigan’s Senate seat in 2026?
- Would cuts to the FDIC’s staff threaten the safety of the U.S. banking system?
- Is the Trump administration prepared to respond to a bird flu pandemic?
- Will Musk’s group win its hostile bid for OpenAI?
- Why has the Democratic Party failed to counter Trump’s opening moves?
- If President Trump gets a Supreme Court appointment, who might he pick?
- Is the U.S. becoming another Hungary?
- Does the Democratic Party need to take significant steps to win back male voters?
- Has U.S. deindustrialization created a national security problem?
- Does U.S. higher education need a shakeup?
- Why has the NPT failed to achieve its goals?
- Will Saudi Arabia reconsider its rejection of President Trump’s Gaza plan?
- Is it in Colombia’s best interest to continue fighting an aggressive drug war?
- If the liberal world order is collapsing, what is replacing it?
- Should the WHO be rebuilt?
- Is Japan on the wrong path to achieve fiscal health?
- Could Trump’s Gaza plan cause significant unrest in Egypt and Jordan?
- Will Bayrou’s no-confidence victory be short lived?
- Is Vucic’s grip on Serbia slipping?
- Will Ahmed al-Sharaa be a warlord, jihadi, nation builder, or some combination thereof?
- Would it be a mistake for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip?
- Should Casey DeSantis run for the Florida governorship?
- To what extent is President Trump living up to his campaign pledges so far?
- How would the abolishment of the Department of Education affect special education students?
- Are the foundations of the U.S. economy weakening?
- Would another strike strengthen or weaken the Chicago Teachers Union?
- What should the Supreme Court’s liberal wing do in this era of high court conservative dominance?
- Will the move to dismantle USAID significantly damage U.S. foreign policy goals?
- Should the day after the Super Bowl be a national holiday?
- Will Republicans seek to do entitlement reform during the Trump presidency?
- Does the Democratic Party need a rebrand?
- Are Trump’s chaotic flurry of executive orders the new normal?
- Will egg prices get even higher in 2025?
- Did U.S. markets overreact to DeepSeek?
- What impact will Trump’s tariff wars have on U.S. foreign policy?
- How safe is American aviation?
- What should be Ken Martin’s next steps as DNC chair?
- Are U.S. fears of Chinese influence in Panama overstated?
- Does the U.S. need a missile defense system?
- How would massive federal layoffs affect the private sector workforce?