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Recent Debates

National Education Standards: Implementation Issues
September 7, 2010
Neal McCluskey, Cato Institute
Michael Petrilli, Fordham Institute
Is Social Security in Crisis?
August 25, 2010
Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D., Pacific Research Institute
David Rosnick, Ph.D., Center for Economic and Policy Research
Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Bad Law or Bad Lawyering?
August 23, 2010
Marci A. Hamilton, Findlaw.com
Howard M. Friedman, Religion Clause
Afghanistan: In the U.S. National Interest?
August 9, 2010
Andrew Bacevich, Ph.D., Boston University
Richard Weitz, Ph.D., Hudson Institute
Terrorist Suspects in Civilian Courts: A Threat to National Security?
July 26, 2010
Andrew C. McCarthy, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Robert F. Turner, University of Virginia

Victor M. Hansen, New England School of Law
Lawrence M. Friedman, New England School of Law
Is BP Criminally Negligent?
July 18, 2010
Lucia Graves, Huffington Post
Andrew Butter, ABMC Consulting
Standardized Tests and Student Achievement
June 1, 2010

Monty Neill, Ed.D., FairTest
George Cunningham, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
May 20, 2010
Baron Bodissey, Gates of Vienna
Jack Marshall, Pro Ethics
CLS v. Martinez: Religious Discrimination on Campus?
May 3, 2010
Marci A. Hamilton, Findlaw.com
Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defense Fund
Should the U.S. Negotiate with the Taliban?
April 26, 2010
Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute
Michael Semple, Harvard Kennedy School

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