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Medical Marijuana
Gun Control
Animal Testing
Death Penalty
Recreational Marijuana
School Uniforms
Drinking Age - Lower It?
Social Media
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
Illegal Immigration

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?

5BANNED BOOKS - SHOULD PARENTS OR OTHER ADULTS BE ABLE TO BAN BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES?

6BIG THREE AUTO BAILOUT - SHOULD THE BIG THREE CAR MANUFACTURERS BE BAILED OUT BY THE US GOVERNMENT?
HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medical Marijuana
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
Vaping E-Cigarettes
Vaccines for Kids
Milk - Is It Healthy?
Abortion
Vegetarianism
Obesity a Disease?
Obamacare
Right to Health Care
Prescription Drug Ads

7BORN GAY? - IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DETERMINED AT BIRTH?

8BOTTLED WATER BAN - SHOULD BOTTLED WATER BE BANNED?

9CELL PHONE RADIATION - ARE CELL PHONES SAFE?

10CHURCHES AND TAXES - SHOULD CHURCHES (DEFINED AS CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, SYNAGOGUES, ETC.) REMAIN TAX-EXEMPT?

11CLIMATE CHANGE - IS HUMAN ACTIVITY PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

12COLLEGE EDUCATION - IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT?
EDUCATION

School Uniforms
Standardized Tests
Tablets vs. Textbooks
College Education Worth It?
Teacher Tenure
Student Loan Debt
School Vouchers
Corporal Punishment
Banned Books
Homework

13COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - SHOULD COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPLACE THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BCS) WITH A PLAYOFF SYSTEM?

14CONCEALED HANDGUNS - SHOULD ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN?

15CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - SHOULD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BE USED IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

16CORPORATE TAX RATE & JOBS - DOES LOWERING THE FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE CREATE JOBS?

17CUBA EMBARGO - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN ITS EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA?

18D.A.R.E. - IS THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GOOD FOR AMERICA'S KIDS (K-12)?

19DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES KEEP DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
POLITICS

Death Penalty
Drinking Age - Lower It?
Illegal Immigration
Gun Control
Recreational Marijuana
ACLU - Good for America?
Concealed Handguns
Sanctuary Cities
Under God in the Pledge

20DEATH PENALTY - SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ALLOWED?

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

22DRONE STRIKES OVERSEAS - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE ITS USE OF DRONE STRIKES ABROAD?

23DRUG USE IN SPORTS - SHOULD PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (SUCH AS STEROIDS) BE ACCEPTED IN SPORTS?

24EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE BE LEGAL?

25ELECTORAL COLLEGE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES USE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Animal Testing
Cell Phone Radiation?
Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels
Climate Change
Net Neutrality
Police Body Cameras
Bottled Water Ban

26FELON VOTING - SHOULD FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE (INCARCERATION, PROBATION, AND PAROLE) BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

27FIGHTING IN H0CKEY - SHOULD FIGHTING BE ALLOWED IN HOCKEY?

28GAY MARRIAGE - SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

29GOLD STANDARD - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD?

30GOLF - IS IT A SPORT?

31GUN CONTROL - SHOULD MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS BE ENACTED?

32HOMEWORK - IS HOMEWORK BENEFICIAL?
ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS

Felon Voting
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Voting Machines
2016 Presidential Election
Electoral College
Lowering the Voting Age to 16

33ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA?

34INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS - SHOULD INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS BE ALLOWED?

35ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?

65MEDICAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD MARIJUANA BE A MEDICAL OPTION?

37MILK - IS DRINKING MILK HEALTHY FOR HUMANS?

38MINIMUM WAGE - SHOULD THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BE INCREASED?

39NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS - IS REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROTEST?

40NET NEUTRALITY - SHOULD NET NEUTRALITY BE RESTORED?
WORLD / INTERNATIONAL

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Cuba Embargo
Drone Strikes Overseas

41OBAMACARE - IS THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) GOOD FOR AMERICA?

42OBESITY - IS OBESITY A DISEASE?

43OLYMPICS - ARE THE OLYMPIC GAMES AN OVERALL BENEFIT FOR THEIR HOST COUNTRIES AND CITIES?

44PENNY - SHOULD THE PENNY STAY IN CIRCULATION?

45POLICE BODY CAMERAS - SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS WEAR BODY CAMERAS?

46PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADS - SHOULD PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BE ADVERTISED DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS?

47PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON - WAS BILL CLINTON A GOOD PRESIDENT?

48PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN - WAS RONALD REAGAN A GOOD PRESIDENT?
SEX & GENDER

Gay Marriage
Prostitution - Legalize It?
Born Gay? Origins of Sexual Orientation

49PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2008 - WHICH CANDIDATE WOULD MAKE THE BEST US PRESIDENT?

50PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2012 - WHICH CANDIDATE SHOULD BE US PRESIDENT?

51PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2016 - WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED US PRESIDENT?

52PROSTITUTION - SHOULD PROSTITUTION BE LEGAL?

53RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BE LEGAL

43RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE - SHOULD ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT (BE ENTITLED) TO HEALTH CARE?

55SANCTUARY CITIES - SHOULD SANCTUARY CITIES RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING?

56SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014 - SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014?

57SCHOOL UNIFORMS - SHOULD STUDENTS HAVE TO WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS?

58SCHOOL VOUCHERS - ARE SCHOOL VOUCHERS A GOOD IDEA?

59SOCIAL MEDIA - ARE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES GOOD FOR OUR SOCIETY?
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS

Social Media?
Video Games and Violence
Drug Use in Sports
Golf - Is It a Sport?
Olympics
National Anthem Protests
Fighting in Hockey

60SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION - SHOULD SOCIAL SECURITY BE PRIVATIZED?

61STANDARDIZED TESTS - IS THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTS IMPROVING EDUCATION IN AMERICA?

62STUDENT LOAN DEBT - SHOULD STUDENT LOAN DEBT BE EASIER TO DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY?

63TABLETS VS. TEXTBOOKS -SHOULD TABLETS REPLACE TEXTBOOKS IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

64TEACHER TENURE - SHOULD TEACHERS GET TENURE?

65UNDER GOD IN THE PLEDGE - SHOULD THE WORDS "UNDER GOD" BE IN THE US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
ECONOMY & TAXES

Minimum Wage
Gold Standard
Corporate Tax Rate & Jobs
Churches and Taxes
Social Security Privatization
Daylight Saving Time
Universal Basic Income
Penny - Keep It?

66UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME - IS UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME A GOOD IDEA?

67US-IRAQ WAR - SHOULD THE US HAVE ATTACKED IRAQ?

68VACCINES FOR KIDS - SHOULD ANY VACCINES BE REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN?

69VAPING E-CIGARETTES - IS VAPING E-CIGARETTES SAFE?

70VEGETARIANISM - SHOULD PEOPLE BECOME VEGETARIAN?

71VIDEO GAMES AND VIOLENCE - DO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES CONTRIBUTE TO YOUTH VIOLENCE?

72VOTING AGE - SHOULD THE VOTING AGE BE LOWERED TO16?

73VOTING MACHINES - DO ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES IMPROVE THE VOTING PROCESS?

74WTC 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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