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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of September 27th-October 3rd, 2011

1.  Herman Cain post-Florida GOP straw poll:  Contender or pretender? 2.  Should terms for the House of Representatives be lengthened? 3.  Is it time to scrap NCLB?  4.  Are consistent spending bill crises on Capital Hill giving the Republican Party … Continue reading

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 27th-October 3rd, 2011

1.  What steps do developing countries need to take to bolster their defenses against natural disasters? 2.  Is Myanmar gradually becoming more democratic? 3.  Why are recent Tibetan protests garnering such little international attention? 4.  Could the Libyan civil war … Continue reading

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 20th-26th, 2011

1.  What steps does Russia need to take to bring more prosperity to its eastern cities? 2.  Does the globe need more female leaders? 3.  What impact will S&P’s credit downgrade have on the Italian economy? 4.  How can fraud … Continue reading

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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of September 20th-26th, 2011

1.  Can President Obama’s tax proposal garner full support from the Democratic Party? 2.  Is Netflix making the correct decision by splitting itself into two entities? 3.  Should the U.S. Postal Service be abolished? 4.  Is the gold bubble bursting? … Continue reading

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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of September 13th-19th, 2011

1.  Should the loss of Andy Weiner’s Congressional seat cause President Obama to re-evaluate his policies toward Israel? 2.  Will President Obama’s jobs bill make it out of Congress? 3.  What can be done to decrease African-American unemployment? 4.  Was … Continue reading

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 13th-19th, 2011

1.  Will the conviction of Julius Malema for hate speech only enhance his political stature? 2.  Should Egypt’s military revive Hosni Mubarak’s emergency law? 3.  With calls in the U.S. to leave, where should the Afghan government turn for aid? … Continue reading

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of September 6th-12th, 2011

1.  Is China’s recent announcement that it will tighten arms sales political posturing? 2.  Does the euro debt crisis give Russia a new foreign policy opportunity? 3.  Would Afghanistan benefit from a return of the country’s monarchy? 4.  How would … Continue reading

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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of September 6th-12th, 2011

1.  Could Libya turn into a U.S. foreign policy disaster? 2.  Should organized labor move to the political center? 3.  What should be done to save the U.S. Postal Service? 4.  Who will be in this year’s Super Bowl? 5.  … Continue reading

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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of August 30th-September 5th, 2011

1.  Is there too much, or too little, regulation of American businesses? 2.  Should the U.S. be taking stronger actions in the Arctic? 3.  Is Texas’s sonogram law unconstitutional? 4.  Will the deficit-slashing supercommittee deadlock? 5.  What is the condition … Continue reading

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 30th-September 5th, 2011

1.  How should the international community respond to Russia’s claim to hundreds of thousands of square miles of the Arctic? 2.  What should be the top priority for rebel forces in Libya? 3.  Should African nations provide more food aid … Continue reading

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