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1Medical Marijuana
2Gun Control
3Animal Testing
4Death Penalty
5School Uniforms
6Drinking Age - Lower It?
7Social Networking - Good or Bad?
8Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
9Illegal Immigration
10Abortion

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

5BIG THREE AUTO BAILOUT - SHOULD THE BIG THREE CAR MANUFACTURERS BE BAILED OUT BY THE US GOVERNMENT?
HEALTH & MEDICINE

1Medical Marijuana
2Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
3Vaccines for Kids
4Milk - Is It Healthy?
5Abortion
6Vegetarianism
7Obesity a Disease?
8Obamacare - Good or Bad?
9Right to Health Care
10Prescription Drug Ads

6BORN GAY? - IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DETERMINED AT BIRTH?

7CELL PHONES - ARE CELL PHONES SAFE?

8CHURCHES AND TAXES - SHOULD CHURCHES (DEFINED AS CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, SYNAGOGUES, ETC.) REMAIN TAX-EXEMPT?

9CLIMATE CHANGE - IS HUMAN ACTIVITY PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

10COLLEGE EDUCATION - IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT?
EDUCATION

1School Uniforms
2Standardized Tests
3Tablets vs. Textbooks
4College Education Worth It?
5Teacher Tenure

11COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - SHOULD COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPLACE THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BCS) WITH A PLAYOFF SYSTEM?

12CONCEALED HANDGUNS - SHOULD ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN?

13CORPORATE TAX RATE & JOBS - DOES LOWERING THE FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE CREATE JOBS?

14CUBA EMBARGO - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN ITS EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA?

15D.A.R.E. - IS THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GOOD FOR AMERICA'S KIDS (K-12)?
POLITICS

1Death Penalty
2Drinking Age - Lower It?
3Illegal Immigration
4Gun Control
5ACLU - Good or Bad?
6Concealed Handguns
7Social Security Privatization
8Under God in the Pledge

16DEATH PENALTY - SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ALLOWED?

17DRINKING AGE - SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE LOWERED FROM 21 TO A YOUNGER AGE?

18DRONES - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE ITS USE OF DRONE STRIKES ABROAD?

19DRUG USE IN SPORTS - SHOULD PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (SUCH AS STEROIDS) BE ACCEPTED IN SPORTS?

20EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE BE LEGAL?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1Animal Testing
2Cell Phones - Are They Safe?
3Alternative Energy vs Fossil Fuels
4Climate Change

21FELON VOTING - SHOULD FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE (INCARCERATION, PROBATION, AND PAROLE) BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

22GAY MARRIAGE - SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

23GOLD STANDARD - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD?

24GOLF - IS IT A SPORT?

25GUN CONTROL - SHOULD MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS BE ENACTED?
ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS

1Felon Voting
2Ronald Reagan
3Bill Clinton
4Voting Machines
52016 Presidential Election

26ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA?

27INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS - SHOULD INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS BE ALLOWED?

28ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?

29MEDICAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD MARIJUANA BE A MEDICAL OPTION?

30MILK - IS DRINKING MILK HEALTHY FOR HUMANS?

31MINIMUM WAGE - SHOULD THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BE INCREASED?
WORLD / INTERNATIONAL

1Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
2Cuba Embargo
3US Drone Strikes Overseas

32OBAMACARE - IS THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) GOOD FOR AMERICA?

33OBESITY - IS OBESITY A DISEASE?

34PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADS TO CONSUMERS - SHOULD PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BE ADVERTISED DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS?

35PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON - WAS BILL CLINTON A GOOD PRESIDENT?

36PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN - WAS RONALD REAGAN A GOOD PRESIDENT?
SEX & GENDER

1Gay Marriage
2Prostitution - Legalize it?
3Born Gay? Origins of Sexual Orientation

37PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2008 - WHICH CANDIDATE WOULD MAKE THE BEST US PRESIDENT?

38PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2012 - WHICH CANDIDATE SHOULD BE US PRESIDENT?

39PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2016 - WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED US PRESIDENT?

40PROSTITUTION - SHOULD PROSTITUTION BE LEGAL?

41RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE - SHOULD ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT (BE ENTITLED) TO HEALTH CARE?

42SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014 - SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014?

43SCHOOL UNIFORMS - SHOULD STUDENTS HAVE TO WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS?

44SOCIAL NETWORKING - ARE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES GOOD FOR OUR SOCIETY?
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS

1Social Networking - Good or Bad?
2Video Games and Violence
3Drug Use in Sports
4Golf - Is It a Sport?

45SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION - SHOULD SOCIAL SECURITY BE PRIVATIZED?

46STANDARDIZED TESTS - IS THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTS IMPROVING EDUCATION IN AMERICA?

47TABLETS VS. TEXTBOOKS -SHOULD TABLETS REPLACE TEXTBOOKS IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

48TEACHER TENURE - SHOULD TEACHERS GET TENURE?

49UNDER GOD IN THE PLEDGE - SHOULD THE WORDS "UNDER GOD" BE IN THE US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
ECONOMY & TAXES

1Minimum Wage
2Gold Standard
3Corporate Tax Rate & Jobs
4Churches and Taxes

50US-IRAQ WAR - SHOULD THE US HAVE ATTACKED IRAQ?

51VACCINES FOR KIDS - SHOULD ANY VACCINES BE REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN?

52VEGETARIANISM - SHOULD PEOPLE BECOME VEGETARIAN?

53VIDEO GAMES AND VIOLENCE - DO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES CONTRIBUTE TO YOUTH VIOLENCE?

54VOTING MACHINES - DO ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES IMPROVE THE VOTING PROCESS?

55WTC MUSLIM CENTER - IS IT APPROPRIATE TO BUILD A MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER (AKA THE ''GROUND ZERO MOSQUE'') NEAR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE?
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