Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent-Though drones have been used in a number of federal and state government surveillance programs to combat local crime, they have also been used to scrutinize southern border intrusions, terrorist activity, weapons running, and seek and destroy efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and other Middle Eastern war zones. In spite of the … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Do drones present a threat to individuals’ privacy and security?
Annual Symposium
Symposium 2015: The last two presidential elections were rife with known voter fraud. How do we ensure that our elections remain open, free, and fair?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent-I would agree with this question’s positing of voter fraud if the definition of the term were expanded to include criminal and intentional disenfranchisement of large swaths of voters. By tinkering with early voting rules, scrambling the ways in which college students are allowed to vote and where they have to be to … Continue reading Symposium 2015: The last two presidential elections were rife with known voter fraud. How do we ensure that our elections remain open, free, and fair?
Symposium 2015: Should the United States return to the gold standard or a similar standard?
Owatanna, MN Correspondent-The United States should return to the gold standard. Going off the gold standard, along with several other changes in banking and monetary policy in the past 100 years, has led us to the financial precipice we stand upon today. Without returning to some sort of fiscal sanity embodied by a gold standard, … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Should the United States return to the gold standard or a similar standard?
Symposium 2015: How do we more effectively promote the use of alternative energy?
Owatanna, MN Correspondent-The best way to promote the use of alternative energy is for the government to eliminate all forms of corporate welfare that benefit energy companies. This is needed to level the playing field for alternative energy producers who are at a disadvantage because their products—wind power, solar power, nuclear power—are not economically competitive … Continue reading Symposium 2015: How do we more effectively promote the use of alternative energy?
Symposium 2015: Torture or enhanced interrogation? How far is too far in dealing with terrorism?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent-In a perfect world, we (the “good guys”) would never have to resort to the tactics and methods used by our adversaries to combat them. We’d be able to wrap ourselves in our cloaks of righteousness and overcome our enemies by sheer civic virtue, right-mindedness and devotion to the American Way. We, however, … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Torture or enhanced interrogation? How far is too far in dealing with terrorism?
Symposium 2015: Is it time for a new round of campaign finance reform?
Gastonia, NC Correspondent-Every time you hear the words “campaign finance reform” in the press, they’re inevitably accompanied by “hot-button issue” or some similar harbinger of doom. We’re warned repeatedly that there will be donnybrooks the likes of which man has never seen if we try to modify the current dog’s breakfast of methods by which … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Is it time for a new round of campaign finance reform?
Symposium 2015: Are the Democrats and Republicans both becoming more extremist and does this give rise to a viable third party?
Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent-Both the Democrats and Republicans have become more extremist, though in differing ways with varying yet similar characteristics. Democrats have gone from a party of state’s rights to one of progressive and socialist thought and policy, while Republicans have gone from a party of decentralized government philosophy to one that has compromised … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Are the Democrats and Republicans both becoming more extremist and does this give rise to a viable third party?
Symposium 2015: Has social media’s impact on society and the world done more good or more harm?
Sheffield, Jamaica Correspondent-Social media is the ultimate news platform. Whatever information you can think about collecting, social media is the aggregator. Exerting such power, it’s not surprising people of various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds flock to social media, to find what they want. The innovation of the #hashtag has made it even more seamless for … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Has social media’s impact on society and the world done more good or more harm?
Symposium 2015: Do schools need more authority to discipline students? If so, how do we accomplish this?
Sheffield, Jamaica Correspondent-Through a video watched on Facebook, I was quite appalled by the level of indiscipline in the classroom. Teachers have no authority whatsoever with regards to disciplining children. Students do absolutely whatever they want, even in the presence of their teacher. Also, think about the level of violence meted out to teachers daily. … Continue reading Symposium 2015: Do schools need more authority to discipline students? If so, how do we accomplish this?
Symposium 2015: should all states mandate water conservation at some level?
Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent-Not all states have mandated water conservation, but there are those that should implement it at some level, as water tables and underground aquifers are in the process of depletion due to drought and unfavorable environmental conditions in many states across the nation. In some states it will take many years to … Continue reading Symposium 2015: should all states mandate water conservation at some level?
