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- Debate: Trying 9/11 suspects in New York
- Debate: Trying terrorist suspects in civilian courts
- Debate: EU elected president
- Debate: Affirmative action
- Debate: EU federalism
- Debate: Paper books vs electronic books
- Debate: Military recruiting in public universities
- Debate: Genetic screening
- Debate: US ban on travel to Cuba
- Debate: Single-payer universal health care
- Debate: Partial-birth abortion - needs struture and some arguments need developing
- Debate: Public nudity
- Debate: Should banks be forbidden from owning investment companies?
- Debate: Electric vehicle mandates
- Debate: Same sex marriage ban - really needs an overhaul.
- Debate: Ivory trading - really needs an overhaul.
- Debate: European Union constitution
- 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: Ban on trans fats
- Debate: ID checks for gun sales
- Debate: Patenting of genetically modified seeds
- Debate: Should men have rights to opt-out of child support in unwanted pregnancies?
- Debate: Do fathers have a right to be informed of an abortion?
- Debate: Mandatory counseling of women seeking abortions
- Debate: Life without parole vs. death penalty
- Debate: Should marriage be defined as only between a man and a woman?
- Debate: Mandatory drug tests of welfare recipients
- Debate:Instant-runoff voting
- Debate: Open primaries
- Debate:Minority Schools
- Debate: Ten commandments in public buildings
- Debate: Compulsory vaccination
- Debate: Was the War in Iraq worth it?
- Debate: Legal recognition of sex changes
- Debate: Pornography
- Debate: Should churches be tax exempt?
- Debate:Armed pilots in airplanes
- Debate:European missile defense
- Debate: Lifetime appointment of supreme court justices
- Debate:Same sex civil union
- Debate: Fair trade
- Debate: Maximum weekly working hours
- Debate: Presidential pardons in the United States
- Debate:Decriminalizing Marijuana possession
- Debate: Human life as beginning at conception
- Debate: A right to die?
- Debate: Should harming animals in laboratory tests be banned?
- Debate: Term limits for Supreme Court justices
- Debate: Should a human ovum be granted legal "personhood?"
- Debate: Mini-nukes development in the United States
- Debate: Ban on cage fighting
- Debate: Space-based solar power
- Debate:Sex Offenders, Naming and Shaming
- Debate: One official EU language
- Debate: SATS - really needs some changes and developing
- Debate: Swastika ban
- Debate: Living Constitution
- Debate:Campaign Finance Reform
- Debate: Cap-and-trade versus carbon tax
- Debate: NAFTA
- Debate: Spanking children
- Debate: School uniforms
- Debate: Should primates be used to develop vaccines?
- Debate: Non-interventionism
- Debate: Outing of gay public figures
- 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: Ex-felon right to vote
- Debate: Does Israel have a right to exist?
- Debate: Palestinian state
- Debate: Scientology as a state-recognized religion
- Debate: Should Israel return the Golan Heights to Syria?
- Debate: Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty)
- Debate: Do terrorists have a right to habeas corpus?
- Debate: Abortion on the basis of physical deformity
- Debate: Forced heirship
- Debate: US ratification of the Law of the Sea
- Debate: Do Palestinians have a right of return?
- Debate: National Missile Defense
- Debate:Military draft
- Debate: Child beauty pageants
- Debate: Should voters be required to show photo identification?
- Debate: Emergency contraception
- Debate:Kashmir self determination
- Debate: Medical Marijuana
- Debate: Covenant marriage
- Debate: Nude beaches
- Debate: Do offspring have a right to know their biological parents?
- Debate: Detention on the grounds of mental illness
- Debate: Congressional redistricting
- Debate: Should US expand nuclear umbrella to Middle East allies?
- Debate: Laws against religious defamation
- Debate:English as US national language
- Debate:National Lotteries
- Debate: Appointment of US senators by governors
- Debate: Should the government save big corporations from bankruptcy?
- Debate: Are some companies too big to fail?
- Debate: Military draft in the United States
- Debate: Should the Bible be used for swearing-in ceremonies and in courtrooms?
- Debate: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage
- Debate: Organic food
- Debate: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
- Debate: Democrats vs. Republicans
- Debate: DNA database of criminals
- Debate: Chinese non-interventionism
- Debate: Popular election of US presidents
- Debate: Gambling
- Debate: Ban on public sex
- Debate: Extraordinary rendition
- Debate: Equal pay for women
- Debate: Fur coats
- Debate: Self-determination
- Debate:Cellulosic ethanol
- Debate: Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
- Debate: Electronic medical records
- Debate:Death penalty for child rape
- Religious leaders on political issues.
- Debate: Russian membership in the WTO
- Debate:Welfare Drug Testing
- Debate: Sanctions
- Debate: Estate tax in the United States
- Debate: Is Islam compatible with democracy?
- Debate:Working Hours, Maximum Weekly
- Debate: Cancellation of developing world debt
- Debate: Protectionism
- Debate:Israeli membership in NATO
- Debate:Mandatory universal health insurance
- Debate:Means Testing for Benefits
- Debate:Two Party System
- Debate: Should parents put GPS implants in their children?
- Debate: One party rule
- Debate:Union of the Mediterranean
- Debate: Secularism
- Debate: Women in combat
- Debate: Is China a threat to the United States?
- Debate:Mini-nukes development in the United States
- Debate:Socialism
- Debate: Minimum wage in the United States
- Debate: Lifetime ban of athletes using drugs in sports
- Debate:Banning Islamist political parties
- Debate:Conscientious objections of pharmacists to plan B pills
- Debate: Minimum weight requirements for models
- Debate:European Federalization
- Debate: Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty)
- Debate: Cap on income subject to social security
- Debate: Should public universities be free to attend?
- Debate:South Korean "sunshine" policy
- Debate:Adoption of the Euro by Britain
- Debate: Should suicide be illegal?
- Debate: Global tax
- Debate: Legalization of sado-masochism
- Debate:Scientology as a religion and church
- Debate:Yasukuni shrine in Japan, official visits
- Debate:United Nations, value of
- 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: Compulsory voting
- Debate: Two-term limits on US presidents
- Debate:UN Security Council, Expansion of
- Debate: Should the voting age be reduced from 18 to 16?
- Debate: Should the US permit its soldiers to serve as UN troops?
- Debate: Imposition of democracy
- Debate: Term limits for elected representatives
- Debate: Negotiating with terrorist groups
- Debate: Race-based political parties
- Debate: Ban on spanking children
- Debate: Gambling
- Debate: Limiting public medical care for smokers
- Debate: Breastfeeding
Second tear proposals for Debate Digest
- Debate: Pork spending
- Debate: Allowing Lehman Brothers to fail
- Debate: Are homosexuals born gay?
- Debate: Emissions exemptions for China and India
- Debate: Partial-birth abortion
- Debate: Designer babies
- Debate: Israeli invasion of Gaza
- Education Vouchers
- Debate: Return to the Gold Standard
- Debate:Flag Burning, Prohibition of
- Debate:Fuel cell vehicles
- Debate:Gun control, background checks in the United States
- Debate:Identity Cards
- Debate:International asbestos ban
- Debate:Liquified natural gas vehicles
- Debate: Mission to Mars
- Debate:Printing images of prophet Muhammad
- Debate:Privatizing social security
- Debate:Puerto Rico statehood in America
- Debate:Sharia law in state law
- Debate:Coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology
- Debate:Compressed air vehicles
- Debate:Estate tax in the United States
- Debate:European Common Agricultural Policy
- Debate:GNU/Linux naming controversy
- Private universal health care.
- Debate:Quebec, Independence for
- Debate:Coalition Government
- single party government.
- Compressed air vehicles.
- Debate:Confederate Flag, Banning of
- Double Jeopardy rule.
- Debate:Hydrokinetic power
- Debate:Iran crisis "grand bargain"
- Debate:Is natural gas a good substitute for coal?
- Debate:Liquified natural gas (LNG)
- Debate:Plug-in Hybrid Electrical Vehicles (PHEV)
- Debate:Preventive War
- Debate:Privatizing prisons
- Debate:Roma, Recognition of Right to Nationhood
- Debate:Social Europe
- Debate:Surrogate mothers
- Debate:Three Strikes
- Debate:United Nations, 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 court houses
- Debate:UN role, human rights vs. sovereignty
- Debate: Gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon
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.



