#98 - Should We Genetically Modify Food?
Genetically modified (GM) foods have been around for decades, and they are developed for a number of different reasons—to fight disease, enhance flavor, resist pests, improve nutrition, survive drough...
10 Dec 201453min
#97 - Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?
In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Since then, it has become legal in 4 more states, including New Mexico, whe...
20 Nov 201453min
#96 - Does Income Inequality Impair The American Dream?
Income inequality has been on the rise for decades. In the last 30 years, the wages of the top 1% have grown by 154%, while the bottom 90% has seen growth of only 17%. As the rungs of the economic lad...
29 Okt 201453min
#95 - Mass Collection Of U.S. Phone Records Violates The Fourth Amendment
Some say that the mass collection of U.S. phone records is a gross invasion of privacy. Others say that it is necessary to keep us safe. But what does the U.S. Constitution say? "The right of the peop...
14 Okt 201453min
#94 - Will Flexing America's Muscles In The Middle East Make Things Worse?
The disintegration of Iraq, Syria’s ongoing civil war, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the promise and peril of the Arab Spring... What role should America play in the Middle East? For some America’...
7 Okt 201453min
#93 - Should We Embrace The Common Core?
In K-12 education, there is nothing more controversial than the Common Core State Standards, national academic standards in English and math. Adopted by more than 40 states, they were developed, in pa...
19 Sep 201453min
Retrospective On Hamas And Israel
Rising tensions between Israel and Hamas have come to a head this week with a dramatic eruption of conflict along the Gaza strip, making a debate we held back in 2006, less than a year after Hamas won...
11 Juli 201418min
#92 - Is There A Constitutional Right To Unlimited Spending On Political Speech?
Is independent political speech the linchpin of our democracy or its Achilles' heel? For democracy to work, some say, citizens (and corporations, and unions, and media outlets, and other voluntary org...
2 Juli 201453min
