Sample Topics

Samples From the Past

  • School should be year-round. (impromptu)
  • US Supreme Court Justices should have term limits. (pre-announced and impromptu)
  • The United Nations should restrict the right of veto in the Security Council. (pre-announced and impromptu)
  • It is unethical to eat meat. (impromptu)
  • The US government should use political assassination to protect national security. (impromptu)
  • The United States should boycott the Beijing Olympics. (impromptu)
  • ‘Reality television’ does more good than harm. (impromptu)
  • The US should substantially increase gas taxes. (pre-announced)
  • The Bear Stearns bailout does more harm than good. (pre-announced)
  • The gray wolf should be a federally protected species. (pre-announced
  • The US should negotiate with terrorists. (pre-announced and impromptu)
  • The US should have a national identification card. (pre-announced)
  • Twitter does more good than harm. (pre-announced)
  • Statehood for Puerto Rico! (pre-announced)
  • Drones are morally superior to other weapons and tactics. (impromptu)
  • Smart Nation Singapore will do more harm than good. (pre-announced)
  • Remove public monuments of slave-holding Founding Fathers! (pre-announced)
  • The 2017 Federal Reserve interest rate hikes will do more harm than good. (pre-announced)
  • Technology will destroy more jobs than it will produce. (impromptu)
  • The US should leave NATO. (pre-announced)
  • The US should establish a living wage for workers. (impromptu)
  • Eliminate supermajority voting in the US Congress! (pre-announced)
  • To protect national security, it is better to spend on domestic infrastructure priorities than defense. (impromptu)
  • It is unethical to use animals for display or entertainment. (impromptu)
  • Employees should be required to participate in worksite wellness programs. (impromptu)
  • The US should significantly increase sanctions on Russia. (pre-announced)
  • The US should not maintain a missile defense for South Korea and Japan. (pre-announced)
  • On balance, social networking media are an effective tool of social and political advocacy. (impromptu)
  • The US should establish a legal right to sleep in public. (pre-announced)
  • The US should adopt a national retail sales tax. (pre-announced)
  • Reverse mortgages do more harm than good. (pre-announced)
  • The US should adopt sortition for the US Congress. (pre-announced)
  • Citizenship should be a privilege, not a right. (impromptu)
  • In this case, it is acceptable to punish the innocent to prosecute the guilty. (impromptu)