FORUM TOPIC
Debate
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Obamacare Has Been a Success, and It’s Just the Start
In the nearly 14 years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, we’ve seen dozens of legislative attempts to repeal it—all to no avail.
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Obamacare has Three Key Failings and Needs To be Reformed
To fix Obamacare, it’s important to first take stock of its three key failings.
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Should the Electoral College be Preserved? Yes, it Protects Against Tyranny
Abolishing the Electoral College would be mistake. It helps make self-government work. Delegates to the Federal Convention rejected allowing the people to elect the president directly.
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Should the Electoral College be Preserved? No, it is Time to Bid Farewell to the Electoral College
The Electoral College, a mechanism devised to preserve the relative electoral power of smaller states, now stands as an antiquated relic that undermines the principles of fairness and equality.
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The VA assists Veterans in a Way the Private System Cannot
We need a system that allows veterans to have options for the best of what VA can offer, as well as the best of what the private sector can offer.
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To Protect Service Members and Honor Veterans, Reform the VA
Privatization of the VHA would improve health care for veterans and nonveterans alike.
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Should Ukraine Be Allowed to Join NATO? Yes, Ukraine is Fighting for its Freedom — and Ours
Ukraine’s argument is essentially that because Russia has never attacked a NATO country, peace for Europe requires Ukraine’s NATO accession. It’s a strong argument.
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Should Ukraine Be Allowed to Join NATO? No, The Alliance is Supposed to Enhance – not Sacrifice – U.S. Security
The promise to go to war should be reserved for the most important interests – ones that are vital, even existential. Ukraine is not one.
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Should America Continue to Accept Asylum Seekers? Yes.
America has always been a land of refuge and will continue to be so. That is the easy part of any debate about refugee and asylum issues.
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Should America Continue to Accept Asylum Seekers? No.
Today, the U.S. has needlessly made the administration of providing refugee protection confusing by creating two separate paths and processes: An alien overseas applies for refugee protection, while an alien at our border or inside the U.S. applies for asylum.
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Hospitalizing the Homeless: For those with serious mental illness, it is compassionate to get them off the streets
We must safeguard our civil liberties, but we also must not forget abut the right of an ill person who relies on society’s conscience and protection to survive a treatable illness.
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Hospitalizing the Homeless: Without affordable housing and services, the mentally ill will end up back on the streets
Mayor Adams should promote solutions that center on people, focus on connecting short-term interventions to long-term housing solutions, and promote pathways to economic mobility.