- Is global trade too dependent on China?
- Can Ukraine hold a secure presidential election?
- Is Canada’s assisted dying law too lax?
- Who is the frontrunner for South Korea’s presidential election?
- Will Germany’s “grand coalition” be able to pull the country out of recession?
- Does Zimbabwe badly need to mend its relationship with the West?
- Should the IMF continue bailing out Argentina?
- Is the Sahel becoming the epicenter of global terrorism?
- Will Erdogan do the CHP what he did to Gülenists a decade ago?
- Is Petro failing to live up to his green agenda?
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- How would the decimation of public employees unions impact the American labor movement?
- Did the U.S. Supreme Court interpret the Alien Enemies Act correctly?
- Will rising home insurance rates trigger a U.S. housing crisis?
- Should U.S. courts view human embryos as people or property?
- How would a military conflict with Iran affect American society?
- Are moderate politicians becoming an endangered species?
- How can Congress wrest more power back from the executive branch?
- Do Democrats need their own Joe Rogan?
- Is President Trump’s DEI in education executive order constitutional?
- Will the rise of AI weaken the American environmental movement?
- Will President Trump’s tariff policy accomplish its objectives?
- How big of a victory was the Wisconsin Supreme Court election for Democrats?
- Should AOC consider a presidential or Senate run or neither in 2028?
- Is there any way for President Trump to run for a third term without amending the constitution?
- Should there be a ban on congressional stock trading?
- Will the U.S. tech industry be the biggest loser of Trump’s tariff policy?
- Did Senator Booker’s speech elevate his presidential prospects?
- Should public schools reject President Trump’s DEI order?
- Has the Trump administration’s Ukraine strategy collapsed?
- Should public protesters have the right to be masked?
- Should the EU ban U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s tariff policy?
- Is the era of globalization over?
- Are the chances of an Israeli-Turkish confrontation over Syria growing?
- What is the significance of South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruling against Yoon Suk-yeol?
- Should the Democratic Alliance leave South Africa’s coalition government?
- What party is best positioned to win Australia’s parliamentary elections?
- Should Denmark give Greenland more autonomy?
- Will the barring of Marine Le Pen from running in the next French presidential election do significant damage to the French far-right?
- Are Haiti’s gangs getting stronger?
- Will other European nations follow Hungary’s lead in leaving the ICC?
- Is Carney calling Canadian elections at the right time?
- How should Taiwan counter Chinese diplomatic pressure on nation’s that recognize it?
- Is Rwanda seeking to be the hegemon of East Africa?
- Are globalization’s “discontents” winning?
- Will Syria’s news constitution aid in the stabilization of the country?
- How will the recent earthquake affect Myanmar’s civil war?
- What does a world without U.S. foreign aid look like?
- Will Mexico’s new regulations on junk food in schools reduce the nation’s obesity rate?
- Is a coup brewing in Zimbabwe?
- Will Bolsonaro’s coup trial further polarize Brazilian politics?
- How can public schools regain the confidence of parents and community leaders?
- Should the Houthi military plan leak be the end of Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Department of Defense?
- If Chuck Schumer is not meant to lead Senate Democrats, then who should?
- Did Columbia make a mistake in caving to President Trump’s demands?
- Are Senate retirements making it impossible for Democrats to regain control of the chamber in 2026?
- Is the Trump administration trying to engineer a U.S. recession?
- Can Mike Duggan win Michigan’s governorship as an independent candidate?
- Should American liberals embrace abundance politics?
- Does Illinois have a bad business climate?
- Is President Trump’s executive order on American elections constitutional?
- 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?
- 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?