Need a good topic

[stuman19]

I have to write a five page paper on any controversial issue and I must take a side. There was a list of topics that the professor gave as ones we could do, but I would kind of like to do something recent that is interesting. I'm not asking you to do research, but is there any cool ones (in your opinion) that come off the top of your head? If nothing comes to mind that's cool. I'm just trying to find an interesting one that probably nobody else would do. Keep in mind that it has to hold enough weight to fill five pages.

Thanks for anything provided
Stu

P.S. Is there any good online magazine/newspaper lookup sites besides like ebscohost that I do not know about?

 

[DaWhim]

how about "under God"?

recent bill that pass for fetus right which directly related abortion?

are you in nyc? what about social promotion?

or....affirmative action?

 

[Corporate Thug]

PRO LIFE VS PRO CHOICE

 

[nick1985]

chocolate or vanilla

 

[stuman19]

Originally posted by: shady06
PRO LIFE VS PRO CHOICE

My english professor said that he would greatly prefer that pro life vs. pro choice can't be used because the topic has been used soooo many times. So, that kinda puts me out of luck on that easy topic.

 

[pyonir]

Capital punishment.

 

[stuman19]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Capital punishment.

Another one he said would not work because soo many people have used the topic before.

 

[Borracho]

death penalty
medical marijuana
needle exchange programs
affirmative action
3 strikes and your out law
US immigration
Patriot act

 

[pyonir]

Whether or not the 8th Amendment applies to parking ticket fines. (Media coverage has come up in AZ about a guy that is fighting a parking ticket based on the 8th.)

 

[stuman19]

Thanks fellas for your insight...I'm gonna look into these...

 

[stuman19]

I like the needle exchange one.

 

[steveeast112]

socialized healthcare
UN usefulness

 

[Corporate Thug]

socialized healthcare is a great topic, you can write a thesis on that

 

[vi edit]

Patriot Act: AKA the raping of our freedoms.

 

[JetBlack69]

Having a national ID or having a chip implanted in you for your ID.

 

[stuman19]

Can you maybe explain what socialized healthcare is?

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you maybe explain what socialized healthcare is?

Government funded/operated health care. Every citizen is entitled to it, no matter what insurance they have.

 

[steveeast112]

Alright. I just had to debate this. Basically, we are the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't have this system. It's where the government pays for a basic level of insurance for its people. If you want more info, you can IM me. Its the same as my username.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you maybe explain what socialized healthcare is?

A limited "free" healthcare system available to all people that is funded by taxpayers.

Essentially any person could walk into an emergency room without the need of private medical insurance.

VERY heated topic.

 

[steveeast112]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you maybe explain what socialized healthcare is?

A limited "free" healthcare system available to all people that is funded by taxpayers.

Essentially any person could walk into an emergency room without the need of private medical insurance.

VERY heated topic.

Actually, by law public hospitals in the USA aren't allowed to turn you down if you don't have health insurance. You pretty much get treated, placed on a payment plan, and then the middle class and rich help pay for you. That is a pretty big point against it.

 

[stuman19]

So all hospitals would be government owned and operated?

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: stuman19
So all hospitals would be government owned and operated?

Not necessarily. That's one way of doing it, but the government could simply supply people with "health insurance," which would cover the costs, regardless of how the hospital is owned/operated.

 

[vi edit]

Actually, by law public hospitals in the USA aren't allowed to turn you down if you don't have health insurance. You pretty much get treated, placed on a payment plan, and then the middle class and rich help pay for you. That is a pretty big point against it.

Well, the catch being you aren't stuck with a bill when you check out.

 

[stuman19]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Actually, by law public hospitals in the USA aren't allowed to turn you down if you don't have health insurance. You pretty much get treated, placed on a payment plan, and then the middle class and rich help pay for you. That is a pretty big point against it.

Well, the catch being you aren't stuck with a bill when you check out.

It will be put onto the taxpayers?

 

[steveeast112]

Originally posted by: stuman19

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Actually, by law public hospitals in the USA aren't allowed to turn you down if you don't have health insurance. You pretty much get treated, placed on a payment plan, and then the middle class and rich help pay for you. That is a pretty big point against it.

Well, the catch being you aren't stuck with a bill when you check out.

It will be put onto the taxpayers?

Well, the taxpayers just give the government money through taxes to pay for the system. The government foots the bill. However, look at waiting lists in Europe and Canada. That alone is something that really irks many opponents.