What would the Middle East and Iran be like now if the CIA had not helped overthrow Mossadegh, Iran’s prime minister, in 1953?

Should the U.S. ever send troops to fight without Congress actually declaring war?

Would the U.S. and the world be better off today if we had never sent troops to fight without a congressional declaration of war?

Should the U.S. consider reinstating the draft or some form of mandatory national service requirement? Would it be fair? Would it encourage greater interest among the people in government’s military activities? Could it help prevent unnecessary wars?

Has the U.S. ever carried out genocide? Germ warfare? War crimes? If so, were these actions justified?

How much liberty should we give up at a time of war?

What are the weaknesses of capitalism?

What are the weaknesses of socialism?

Is Social Security socialism? Is it acceptable socialism?

Assume you were an employer interested in doing good for people as well as your business, and other considerations were equal. Would it be better for you to hire two people at $9 per hour or one at $18? Two at $7 per hour, including some training time for them, or one at $18?

Students graduating from secondary schools in European countries are considered by many to be better educated than those in the United States, how much do those countries spend per student? Are their teaching systems different from ours?

Do we see ourselves as others see us?

What countries pose the greatest threat to world peace?

What is the relationship between moral behavior and religion?

How many Americans know about the War of the Philippine Insurrection?
Especially since hundreds of thousands of Filipinos were killed by U.S. forces, shouldn’t more Americans know more about it?How is it similar to the war in Iraq?

What would a “fair” tax system look like?

Would it be more fair to replace the income tax with a tax based on wealth?

Does a tax dollar spent on building a fighter plane do more for our economy than a dollar spent on education?

Is it a part of the “natural order” that most of the nation’s wealth is owned by a tiny percentage of the population?

Has our government played a role in creating this distribution of wealth?

Should our government attempt to redistribute wealth?