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Search Navigation Debatepedia Home IDEA Home Recent Changes Featured articles Upcoming features Contents guide getting started User Guide Create a debate Create an argument Pro/con structure Twitter Donate! Other resources Contact Internships Facebook group Useful links Link exchanges NFL resolution topics Other IDEA projects National Debate Series: Boston In other languages Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link	Debate Digest: Teacher-student friendships on Facebook, Law school, Balanced budget amendment, US debt ceiling deal. Upcoming features for the Debate Digest From Debatepedia Revision as of 14:48, 9 November 2011; Brooks Lindsay (Talk \| contribs) (diff) ←Older revision \| Current revision \| Newer revision→ (diff) Jump to: navigation, search Below are articles of the highest priority to be developed by Debatepedia's community into exceptional form and posted on the Debate Digest on the main page of the site. If you are looking to help edit and build Debatepedia's pro/con articles, this is a good place to focus your attention. See the Debatepedia User Guide. And, also, feel free to propose topics that you think warrant being worked on by the entire Debatepedia community and featured on the Debate Digest. [Edit] Priority rankings for Debate Digest Debate articles that are of highest priority to be worked on and featured in the Debate Digest section of the main page. Please feel free to shift the order of these topics, enter debate articles not listed, or propose/create new debate articles not yet found on Debatepedia. Debate: Occupy movement Debate: Herman Cain 9-9-9 tax proposal Debate: Chilean social security model Debate: The New Deal Debate: CLASS Act Debate: Massachusetts healthcare law Debate: Banning public employee strikes Debate: Buy American policies Debate: Legal personhood at conception Debate: Recognition of Palestinian statehood in the United Nations Debate: Law degree vs MPP/MPA for careers in public policy Debate: Abolishing the Euro Debate: Privatizing social security - Chilean model. Debate: Deporting only criminal illegal immigrants Debate: Punishing businesses for employing undocumented immigrants Debate: State deaf schools Debate: Fetal personhood Debate: Slut Walks Debate: Existence of US Postal Service Debate: Keynesian economic policies Debate: Ban on short-selling during economic crisis Debate: Late-term abortions Debate: 40-hour work week Debate: America Invents Act Debate: Government regulation of executive pay Debate: US political system broken Debate: Is religion a force for good? Debate: Taking bar exam without a legal degree Debate: Abortion for physical deformities Debate: Should individuals or the state pay for higher education? Debate: China political and economic model Debate: Mandating condom use in pornography Debate: Background checks at gun shows Debate: Ban on violent porn Debate: Two-year law school Debate: Mandatory sex education in public schools Debate: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Debate: Sales taxes on online purchases Debate: Legalization of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports Debate: Is homosexuality a choice? Debate: Universal healthcare Debate: Government funding for Planned Parenthood Debate: Fraternities Debate: 20-week abortion limit Debate: Foie gras ban Debate: Background checks of gun buyers Debate: Public funding for broadcasting Debate: Pre-selecting sex of children Debate: Mandatory labeling of foods with trans fats Debate: Mandating helmets for bicyclists Debate: Government owned casinos Debate: Porn at public libraries Debate: Ban on public sex Debate: Means testing for benefits Debate: Dowries Debate: Water should be priced at its market value Debate: Armed pilots in airplanes Debate: A right to die? Debate: Goal-line technology in futbol Debate: Swastika ban Debate: Legality of coca chewing Debate: Pete Rose in Baseball Hall of Fame Debate: Line-item veto for US presidents Debate: University professor tenure Debate: Privatizing Medicare Debate: Urban vs rural life Debate: Cloud computing Debate: Prenuptial agreement Debate: IPad Debate: Bombing Iranian nuclear facilities Debate: GDP economic measure Debate: Allowing guns on college campuses Debate: Mini-nukes development in the United States Debate: Lockers in public schools Debate: Drinking bottled water Debate: Instant-runoff voting Debate: Insanity defense Debate: Online dating Debate: Speed dating Debate: Is a nuclear-armed North Korea unacceptable? Debate: Does "sin" exist? Debate: Manned spaceflight Debate: Shaming convicted criminals Debate: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Debate: Presidential pardons in the United States Debate: Abortion for physical deformities Debate: Tax exemption for churches Debate: Force feeding prisoners on hunger strike Debate: Online gambling Debate: Women in combat Debate: Mandatory year of national service for youth Debate: Paying people to stay healthy Debate: Compulsory national service Debate: Landmines in the Korean Demilitarized Zone Debate: Sex offender registries Debate: Christian divorce Debate: Pricing water at its market value Debate: Sabbath Day Debate: Cyprus reunification Debate: Use of prison labor for public works Debate: Female NFL referees Debate: Estate tax in the United States Debate: Oil drilling in the Arctic Debate: Fair trade Debate: Teach for America Debate: Trying juveniles as adults Debate: Banning protests at funerals Debate: Water fluoridation Debate: National sovereignty is an inalienable right Debate: Ban on communist parties Debate: Right to carry guns on college campuses Debate: Transparent election funding Debate: Pocket knife ban Debate: Liberty is more important than equality Debate: Is religion a force for good? Debate: Anonymous campaign donations Debate: Oil drilling in the Arctic Debate: Getting a law degree if you do not want to practice law Debate: Do I want to be a lawyer? Debate: Medicare Debate: Requiring DNA evidence for executions Debate: F-35 fighter jet Debate: No-fault divorce Debate: Privatizing airport security Debate: Natural gas fracking Debate: Online university degrees Debate: Appropriateness of atheism ads Debate: Public funding of presidential campaigns Debate: Clean diesel Debate: Oil drilling ban in Antarctica Debate: Quran book burning ban Debate: Carbon offsets Debate: Renewable energy on public lands Debate: In some cases juveniles should be tried as adults Debate: Is anonymity included in free speech rights? Debate: Banning open carrying of guns in private businesses Debate: Charging for news content Debate: Closing US military base in Okinawa Debate: US national day of prayer Debate: Inheritance tax Debate: National biometric ID cards Debate: Landmines in the Korean Demilitarized Zone Debate: Voter identification cards Debate: European social democracy Debate: Washington, DC voting rights Debate: Decriminalizing marijuana possession Debate: Pre-selecting sex of children Debate: Life without parole vs. death penalty Debate: Are homosexuals born gay? Debate: Prohibition of flag burning Debate: Graduated tax rates Debate: Electronic tagging of pedophiles Debate: No-fault divorce Debate: Buying purebred dogs Debate: Humanity is progressing toward greater freedom Debate: Fine for illegal immigrants in path to citizenship Debate: Ban on public nudity Debate: Decriminalizing marijuana possession Debate: Partial-birth abortion Debate: Ex-felon right to vote Debate: Is psychology a science Debate: Mandatory counseling of women seeking abortions Debate: Palestinian state Debate: Ban on Islamist political parties Debate: Outing of gay public figures Debate: Compulsory vaccination Debate: Ten commandments in public buildings Debate: Popular election of US presidents Debate: Banning the confederate flag Debate: English as the official language of the EU Debate: Naming and shaming of sex offenders Debate: ID checks for gun sales Debate: Background checks of gun buyers Debate: Do offspring have a right to know their biological parents? Debate: Is Islam compatible with democracy? Debate: Patenting of genetically modified seeds Debate: Compulsory voting Debate: Kashmir self determination Debate: Banning hands-free cell phones in cars Debate: Military draft Debate: Maximum weekly working hours Debate: EU federalism Debate: Detention on the grounds of mental illness Debate: Estate tax in the United States Debate: Should suicide be illegal? Debate: Two-party system Debate: Ban on public sex Debate: Minority schools Debate: Carrying a handgun at home Debate: Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies Debate: Ban on employee weight discrimination Debate: Desegregation school busing Debate: Federal anti-SLAPP law Debate: Remote-control warfare Debate: Deporting illegal immigrants in the US Debate: Ban on girls wearing full veils in state schools Debate: Ban on niqab on public transportation Debate: Ban on driving with full Muslim veil Debate: Right to health care Debate: Is file sharing fair use? Debate: Unlimited personal spending in elections Debate: Biometric national ID cards to prevent employment of illegal immigrants Debate: Metered Internet billing Debate: Vocational training Debate: Military tribunals for suspected terrorists Debate: Conscientious objections of pharmacists to emergency contraception Debate: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage Debate: Guest workers in the United States Debate: Underground nuclear waste storage Debate: Coca crop eradication Debate: Smoking ban on public patios Debate: Anti-depressants Debate: Policy of containment toward a nuclear Iran Debate: Can a nuclear Iran be deterred? Debate: Climate change mitigation vs adaptation Debate: Timetable withdrawal from Afghanistan Debate: Nude beaches Debate: Dividing Jerusalem Debate: Tax incentives for marriage Debate: Single-sex schools Debate: China "one child" policy Debate: Single-payer universal health care Debate: Line-item veto Debate: Harm reduction drug policy Debate: Public funding for gay pride parades Debate: Moving Guantanamo detainees to America Debate: Cochlear implants for deaf infants Debate: Pill testing at night clubs Debate: Gestational surrogacy Debate: Does "God" really exist? Debate: Abortion for physical deformities Debate: Should marriage be defined as only between a man and a woman? Debate: Cartoon child porn Debate: Government subsidies of journalism Debate: Sudden-death overtime in NFL Debate: Developed world climate change debt to developing world Debate: Genetic screening Debate: Images of death in the media Debate: Atheism advertisements Debate: Death penalty exemption for mentally ill Debate: Palestinian right of return Debate: Terrorist suspect right to habeas corpus Debate: Human life as beginning at conception Debate: Value added tax (VAT) Debate: Death penalty for juveniles Debate: Electronic medical records Debate: Communism Debate: Socialism Debate: Credit cards for minors Debate: Death penalty for child rape Debate: Was the War in Iraq worth it? Debate: Emissions exemptions for China and India Debate: US ban on travel to Cuba Debate: Church involvement in politics Debate: Freeze on new Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories Debate: Terrorist suspect right to habeas corpus Debate: Is Scientology a religion? Debate: Judicial empathy Debate: Was the IRA justified? Debate: Junk food advertising ban Debate: Ticket scalping Debate: Corporate sponsorship of schools Debate: Should voters be required to show photo identification? Debate: DNA database of criminals Debate: Secular state Debate: Bush v. Gore Debate: Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research Debate: US nuclear weapons in Europe Debate: US arms sales to Taiwan Debate: Ban on mosque minaretes in Switzerland Debate: US sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan Debate: Mandatory drug tests of welfare recipients Debate: Legal recognition of sex changes Debate: Ban on cage fighting Debate: Does Israel have a right to exist? Debate: Should harming animals in laboratory tests be banned? Debate: Term limits for Supreme Court justices Debate: Lifetime appointment of supreme court justices Debate: Should parents put GPS implants in their children? Debate: One-party rule Debate: Jury nullification in the United States Debate: Civil unions vs. gay marriage Debate: Ivory trading Debate: "Too big to fail" Debate: Should churches be tax exempt? Debate: Do fathers have a right to be informed of an abortion? Debate: Compassionate clemency Debate: Racial quotas Debate: Male reproductive rights Debate: Male rights to opt-out of child support in unwanted pregnancies Debate: Abkhazia independence Debate: Premarital sex Debate: Chinese non-interventionism Debate: Nativity scenes on public property Debate: National lotteries Debate: Pornography Debate: Bikini baristas Debate: Should the Bible be used for swearing-in ceremonies and in courtrooms? Debate: Minimum weight requirements for models Debate: Forbidding communion to individuals over political beliefs Debate: Death penalty for child rape Debate: Expansion of the UN Security Council Debate: Should the voting age be reduced from 18 to 16? Debate: Living constitution Debate: Negotiating with terrorist groups Debate: Race-based political parties Debate: Should the Church deny communion to individuals holding opposing views? Debate: Single-party state Debate: Intelligent design Debate: Preventive war Debate: Privatizing national security Debate: Privatizing prisons Debate: Roma nation Debate: Muhammad cartoons controversy Debate: Gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon [Edit] Second tier debates Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States Debate: Tanning tax Debate: Judicial review of clemency powers Debate: Equal opportunity Debate: Paper books vs electronic books Debate: Recall elections Debate: Women in combat Debate: Caps on public university tuition fees Debate: Should banks be forbidden from owning investment companies? Debate: Electric vehicle mandates Debate: Is the profit-interest compatible with health care? Debate: European Union constitution Debate: Low-carb diets Debate: Homosexuality - could be a great page but needs a bit of editing. Debate: THBT hate speech should be a crime - really needs to be put in a shape Debate: Online gambling Debate: European missile defense Debate: Space-based solar power Debate: SATS - really needs some changes and developing Debate: Campaign Finance Reform Debate: Cap-and-trade versus carbon tax Debate: NAFTA Debate: Ban on spanking children Debate: School uniform Debate: Should primates be used to develop vaccines? Debate: Non-interventionism Debate: Paying disadvantaged students to learn Debate: Parental right to see student grades Debate: Should Bush administration officials be prosecuted for "torturing"? Debate: Release of US interrogation memos Debate: Mandatory drug testing for public officials Debate: Should the US use crosses to memorialize war heroes? Debate: Should the US Army field manuel be used for all interrogations? Debate: Should governments cancel student debt during economic crisis? Debate: Extraordinary rendition Debate: Lobbying Debate: Globalization Debate: Should Israel return the Golan Heights to Syria? Debate: Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty) Debate: Forced heirship Debate: US ratification of the Law of the Sea Debate: National Missile Defense Debate: Child beauty pageants Debate: Covenant marriage Debate: Should US expand nuclear umbrella to Middle East allies? Debate: Appointment of US senators by governors Debate: $700 billion US economic bailout Debate: Are some companies too big to fail? Debate: Military draft in the United States Debate: Organic food Debate: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Debate: Gambling Debate: Extraordinary rendition Debate: Equal pay for women Debate: Wearing animal furs and skins Debate: Self-determination Debate: Cellulosic ethanol Debate: Russian membership in the WTO Debate: Sanctions Debate: Regifting Debate: Protectionism Debate: NATO membership for Israel Debate: Union of the Mediterranean Debate: Minimum wage in the United States Debate: Lifetime ban of athletes using drugs in sports Debate: Should public universities be free to attend? Debate: The Euro in the United Kingdom Debate: Global tax Debate: Legalization of sado-masochism Debate: Official visits to Yasukuni shrine in Japan Debate: Value of the United Nations Debate: Unicameral legislatures Debate: Tax on currency trading across borders (Tobin Tax) Debate: Surrogate mothers Debate: Should the rich pay more taxes to reduce inequality? Debate: Two-term limits on US presidents [Edit] Third tier debate articles for Debate Digest Debate: Pork spending Debate: Allowing Lehman Brothers to fail Debate: Designer babies Debate: Israeli invasion of Gaza Debate: Return to the Gold Standard Debate: Identity Cards Debate: International asbestos ban Debate: Sharia law in state law Debate: Coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology Debate: Compressed air vehicles Debate: European Common Agricultural Policy Debate: GNU/Linux naming controversy Debate: Quebec independence Debate: Coalition government Debate: Hydrokinetic power Debate: Iran crisis "grand bargain" Debate: Natural gas Debate: Liquified natural gas (LNG) Debate: Plug-in hybrids Debate: Socialist Europe Debate: Three strikes law Debate: UN responsibility to protect civilians Debate: Universal Jurisdiction Debate: Waterboarding Debate: Is the US a "Christian nation"? Debate: Conservative vs. liberal Debate: “Right to work” laws Debate: Do guns make us safer? Debate: Ban on sodomy Debate: Trade vs aid Debate: Outsourcing Debate: Taiwan independence Debate: Ten commandments in public buildings Debate: Should the UN value human rights over sovereignty? [Edit] Miscellaneous projects Work on Multilingual Debate Glossary. Recategorize all debates and establish and hierarchy of categories, linked-to on the main page. Create a space between "Debate:" and the title of an article. Move background sections in debate articles to above the table of contents. Debate: Arranged marriage, arguments need separation and structuring. Debate: Partial-birth abortion, needs substantial work. Debate: Contraception prescriptions for under-aged girls Debate: Minority schools Debate: Armenian "genocide" Debate: Gun control, get substantial traffic, and needs a lot of work. Retrieved from "http://www.debatepedia.org/en/index.php/Upcoming_features_for_the_Debate_Digest"

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