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Don't Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life

Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis, the System Is Safer

Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Soul

Trump Is Bad for Comedy

Progressive Populism Will Save the Democratic Party

Retail Alliances – Not Washington – Will Save the U.S. Health Care System

Unresolved: U.S. National Security

Globalization Has Undermined America's Working Class

Social Media Is Good for Democracy

Trigger Warning: Safe Spaces Are Dangerous

Automation Will Crash Democracy

Negotiations Can Denuclearize North Korea

Bitcoin Is More Than a Bubble and Here to Stay

Preserve Net Neutrality: All Data is Created Equal

The More We Evolve, The Less We Need God

Humanitarian Intervention Does More Harm Than Good

Swipe Left: Dating Apps Have Killed Romance

Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground

Pay College Athletes

Western Democracy Is Threatening Suicide

The U.S. Health Care System Is Terminally Broken

Unresolved: Face-Off with China

Video Games Will Make Us Smarter

Unresolved: Trump's First 100 Days

Long Live Walmart

The Universal Basic Income Is The Safety Net Of The Future

Charter Schools Are Overrated

The Special U.S.-Saudi Relationship Has Outlived Its Usefulness

Give Trump A Chance

Policing Is Racially Biased

Call a Convention to Amend the Constitution

Obama’s Foreign Policy Is a Failure

Gerrymandering Is Destroying the Political Center

Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship

Blame Big Pharma for Out-of-Control Health Care Costs

Blame the Elites for the Trump Phenomenon

Climate Change: The EPA Has Gone Overboard

The President Has Usurped the Constitutional Power of Congress

Hunters Conserve Wildlife

Eliminate Corporate Subsidies

Artificial Intelligence: The Risks Could Outweigh the Rewards

Free Speech Is Threatened on Campus

Lifespans Are Long Enough

The U.S. Should Let In 100,000 Syrian Refugees

The Equal Protection Clause Forbids Racial Preferences in State University Admissions

Central Banks Can Print Prosperity

U.S. Prosecutors Have Too Much Power

College Students Should Be Allowed to Take Smart Drugs

Raise the Federal Gas Tax to Fund Infrastructure

China and the U.S. Are Long-term Enemies

Courts, Not Campuses, Should Decide Sexual Assault Cases

Containment Is Not Enough: ISIS Must Be Defeated

The Equal Protection Clause Does Not Require States To License Same-Sex Marriages

Obama's Iran Deal Is Good For America

Smart Technology Is Making Us Dumb

Abolish the Death Penalty

The President Has Exceeded His Constitutional Authority by Waging War Without Congressional Authorization

The U.S. Should Adopt the 'Right to Be Forgotten' Online

Liberals Are Stifling Intellectual Diversity On Campus

Declinists Be Damned: Bet on America

Amazon Is The Reader's Friend

Genetically Modify Food

Legalize Assisted Suicide

Income Inequality Impairs The American Dream Of Upward Mobility

Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Fourth Amendment

Flexing America's Muscles In The Middle East Will Make Things Worse

Embrace The Common Core

Individuals and organizations have a constitutional right to unlimited spending on their own political speech

Death Is Not Final

Millennials Don't Stand A Chance

More Clicks, Fewer Bricks: The Lecture Hall Is Obsolete

Russia Is A Marginal Power

The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad

Affirmative Action On Campus Does More Harm Than Good

Snowden Was Justified

Obamacare Is Now Beyond Rescue

Don't Eat Anything With A Face

Spy On Me, I'd Rather Be Safe

The Constitutional Right To Bear Arms Has Outlived Its Usefulness

Let Anyone Take A Job Anywhere

For A Better Future, Live In A Red State

Break Up The Big Banks

The U.S. Drone Program is Fatally Flawed

The U.S. Has No Dog In The Fight In Syria

Cutting the Pentagon's Budget is a Gift To Our Enemies

The FDA'S Caution Is Hazardous To Our Health

The GOP Must Seize The Center Or Die

Abolish The Minimum Wage

America Doesn't Need A Strong Dollar Policy

Prohibit Genetically Engineered Babies

Israel Can Live With a Nuclear Iran

Science Refutes God

Legalize Drugs

The Rich Are Taxed Enough

Ration End-Of-Life Care

Better Elected Islamists Than Dictators

Two Cheers for Super PACs: Money in Politics is Still Overregulated

No Fracking Way: The Natural Gas Boom Is Doing More Harm Than Good

Ban College Football

When It Comes To Politics, The Internet Is Closing Our Minds

Obesity Is The Government's Business

The U.N. Should Admit Palestine As A Full Member State

The World Would Be Better Off Without Religion

Congress Should Pass Obama's Jobs Plan - Piece by Piece

Too Many Kids Go To College

Grandma's Benefits Imperil Junior's Future

Men Are Finished

It's Time To End The War On Terror

Freedom of the Press Does Not Extend To State Secrets

Clean Energy Can Drive America's Economic Recovery

Don't Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses

It's Time To Clip America's Global Wings

China Does Capitalism Better Than America

The Two-Party System Is Making America Ungovernable

Repeal Obamacare

U.S. Airports Should Use Racial And Religious Profiling

Afghanistan Is A Lost Cause

Islam Is A Religion Of Peace

Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals

The Cyber War Threat Has Been Grossly Exaggerated

Obama's Foreign Policy Spells America's Decline

Organic Food Is Marketing Hype

Don't Blame Teachers Unions For Our Failing Schools

The U.S. Should Step Back From Its Special Relationship With Israel

California Is The First Failed State

America Is To Blame For Mexico's Drug War

Obama's Economic Policies Are Working Effectively

Good Riddance To Mainstream Media

America Cannot And Will Not Succeed In Afghanistan/Pakistan

Buy American/Hire American Policies Will Backfire

Diplomacy With Iran Is Going Nowhere

It's Wrong To Pay For Sex

Blame Washington More Than Wall Street for the Financial Crisis

The Art Market is Less Ethical than the Stock Market

Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions are Not Worth the Money

Bush 43 is the Worst President of the Last 50 Years

Google Violates its Don't Be Evil Motto

Guns Reduce Crime

America is Finally Winning the War in Iraq

Universal Health Coverage Should be the Federal Government's Responsibility

We Should Legalize the Market for Human Organs

Islam Is Dominated By Radicals

Tough Interrogation of Terror Suspects is Necessary

America Should be the World's Policeman

We Should Accept Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Competitive Sports

Aid to Africa is Doing More Harm Than Good

It's Time to End Affirmative Action

Russia is Becoming Our Enemy Again

Let's Stop Welcoming Undocumented Immigrants

Big Government Is Stifling The American Spirit

Spreading Democracy in the Middle East is a Bad Idea

Beware the Dragon: A Booming China Spells Trouble for America

Better More Domestic Surveillance Than Another 9/11

Global Warming is Not a Crisis

America is Too Damn Religious

Hollywood has Fueled Anti-Americanism Abroad

A Democratically-Elected Hamas is Still a Terrorist Organization

Freedom of Expression Must Include the License to Offend

We Must Tolerate a Nuclear Iran