Includes bibliographical references and index.

Democracy, Imposition of -- Developing world debt, Cancellation of -- DNA database for criminals -- Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Drugs in sports -- Drug testing in schools -- Economic development vs. environment -- Economic sanctions vs. engagement -- Electoral college, Abolition of -- Environmentally linked aid -- Ethical foreign policy -- Factory farming, Banning of -- Failed states, US intervention to prevent collapse of -- Foreign-born presidents -- Free speech, Restrictions on -- Free trade and development -- Gay adoption -- Gay clergy -- Gay marriage -- Gays in the military -- Gene patenting -- Genetically modified food -- Genetic screening -- Globalization and the poor -- Global warming -- God, Existence of -- Greenhouse gases : trading quotas -- Gun control -- Hate speech on campus -- Health care, Universal -- Home schooling -- Human cloning -- Human organs, Sale of -- Human rights : existence of -- Human rights : imposition by force? --

Immigration reform -- International criminal court -- Internet censorship -- Internment without trial -- Iran's right to possess nuclear weapons -- Iraq, Immediate withdrawal from -- Islam and democracy -- Israel and the Palestinians, US policy toward -- Israel's security barrier -- Ivory trading -- Just war -- Landmines, US production and use of -- Mandatory sentencing : three strikes -- Marijuana, Legalization of -- Minority languages -- Minority schools -- Monarchy, Abolition of -- Multiculturalism vs. integration -- National testing -- Nuclear vs. renewable energy -- Nuclear weapons, Abolition of -- Overpopulation and contraception -- Overseas manufacturing -- Pacifism -- Parentage, Right to know -- Parental responsibility -- Politicians and special interests -- Polygamy -- Pornography, Banning of -- Preventive war -- Priestly celibacy, Abolition of -- Privacy vs. security -- Prostitution, Legalization of --

Rebuilding after disasters, Government role in -- Religion : source of conflict or peace? -- Religious belief : rational or irrational? -- Russia : strong leadership vs. democracy -- School uniforms -- School vouchers -- Science : threat to society? -- Sex education in schools -- Sex offenders : publicly naming -- Single-sex schools -- Smoking, Further restrictions on -- Space exploration -- Stem cell research and therapeutic cloning -- Sudan : increased military presence in -- Torture in interrogation -- Two-party system -- United Nations : a failure? -- Vegetarianism -- War crimes tribunals -- Warrantless wiretapping -- Water privatization -- Water resources : a commodity? -- Whaling, Lifting the ban on -- Women in combat -- Zero tolerance policing.

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