What is a good, important, debatable topic that I could write a research essay on?

Question

It can not be about gun control, birth control, abortion, gay marrige, global warming, the Iraq war, or steroids, but it should be something important to the contry or the world, and debatable from two points of view for my paper. Any suggestions appreciated.

Answer 1

Check out http://www.ClassTopic.com They have some great topics that I've used in the past. Each topic has three good sources to get you started on the research, too.

Answer 2

The strong public desire for Bush impeachment, a major unreported story. Support for Bush's impeachment is much greater than it was for Clinton, no mention of this in the mainstream news, yet back in the day, with Clinton, we were treated to prosecutor Ken Star going for his paper every morning on TV.

http://www.projectcensored.org/newsflash/impeach.htm

Cons: There was no crime; it would be impractical to impeach now, with only 20 months left in Bush's term.

Pros: a) you don't need a crime, just grounds for impeachment b) Bush did in fact break the law, in his illegal invasion of Iraq (which he deliberately lied to the American people and to Congress to start), and in his secret spying on Americans for 2 years without a warrant from the FISA court.
However impractical it may seem, it may be the only way to restore America's image as a force of good in the world, by making Bush and his lackeys accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Clinton was cleared because it was deemed that his lie about a personal sexual matter did not affect national security.

Bush's lies to wage unprovoked wars of agression in Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which were unrelated to the 911 mass murder (evidence points to government involvement in the latter) have bankrupted the treasury, created more enemies for America, over-stretched the military, and weakened security at home.


Be It Resolved: You Can Impeach the President

Official State Impeachment Text
Impeachment Text for Cities & Towns
Impeachment Text for County Democratic Committees
Impeachment Text for State Assemblies and/or Legislatures
Jefferson's Manual, Section LIII, 603
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=622

Answer 3

global warming, animal rights google search Persuasive essay topics

Answer 4

Cloning

Answer 5

Affirmative Action
Welfare
Civil Rights
Homosexuality
Prayer in Schools
Legalization of marijuana

Answer 6

Maybe Captial Punishment, as in the death penalty? What about stem-cell research?

Answer 7

legalization of drugs, or decriminalization of drugs, especially marijuana. do some research and you'll see how many problems and deaths result from the fact that drugs are illegal. not the drugs being dangerous themselves.

Answer 8

Illegal Immigration seems like a good one to me.

Answer 9

You may consider the issue of mining lunar resources of Helium 3 and development of technology for inertial confinement nuclear fusion reactors. Few people outside the scientific community are aware of the topic. It will have a tremendous political impact. It will have a tremendous economic impact. It will pave the way for exploration of other planets. It has the potential for promotion of world peace through cooperation.

I will give you some references to get you started....

Wikipedia summary and overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_3

The second-generation approach to controlled fusion power involves combining deuterium and helium-3. This reaction produces a high-energy proton (positively charged hydrogen ion) and a helium-4 ion (alpha particle). The most important potential advantage of this fusion reaction for power production as well as other applications lies in its compatibility with the use of electrostatic fields to control fuel ions and the fusion protons. Protons, as positively charged particles, can be converted directly into electricity, through use of solid-state conversion materials as well as other techniques. Potential conversion efficiencies of 70 percent may be possible, as there is no need to convert proton energy to heat in order to drive turbine-powered generators. Fusion power plants operating on deuterium and helium-3 would offer lower capital and operating costs than their competitors due to less technical complexity, higher conversion efficiency, smaller size, the absence of radioactive fuel, no air or water pollution, and only low-level radioactive waste disposal requirements. Recent estimates suggest that about $6 billion in investment capital will be required to develop and construct the first helium-3 fusion power plant. Financial breakeven at today's wholesale electricity prices (5 cents per kilowatt-hour) would occur after five 1000-megawatt plants were on line, replacing old conventional plants or meeting new demand.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/1283056.html?page=4

Researchers and space enthusiasts see helium 3 as the perfect fuel source: extremely potent, nonpolluting, withvirtually no radioactive by-product. Proponents claim its the fuel ofthe 21st century. Society is straining to keep pace withenergy demands, expected to increase eightfold by 2050 as the world populationswells toward 12 billion. The moon just may be the answer. "Helium 3 fusion energy may be th ekey to future space exploration and settlement," said Gerald Kulcinski,Director of the Fusion Technology Institute (FTI) at the University ofWisconsin at Madison. Scientists estimate there are about1 million tons of helium 3 on the moon, enough to power the world for thousands of years. The equivalent of a single space shuttle load or roughly 25 tons could supply the entire United States' energy needs for a year, accordingto Apollo17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt. Helium 3 would have a cash value of $4 billion a ton in terms of its energy equivalent in oil.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html

Helium 3 fusion physics
http://www.asi.org/adb/02/09/he3-intro.html

Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of Russia's giant Energia Space Corporation, has unveiled plans to build a permanent base on the Moon within a decade and to start mining the planet for helium 3, a sought-after isotope, by 2020. Russia's new space shuttle Klipper would play a significant role in the project, as would the International Space Station. "We are planning to build a permanent base on the moon by 2015
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article341273.ece

According to Ouyang Ziyuan, China will launch their lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, in September 2007, followed by a robot lander and a manned landing. Ouyang Ziyuan, one of the most prominent Chinese experts in geological research on underground nuclear testing and extraterrestrial materials, was naturally the first to advocate not only the exploitation of the known huge lunar reserves of metals such as iron, but also the mining of lunar helium-3 as an ideal fuel for nuclear fusion power plants.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/20/tech/main1734030.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program

The availability of 3He and the attainment of the higher plasma parameters required for burning are challenging problems for the D-3He fuel cycle.
http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/proj?rm=dhe3&s=1

Operating Research and Test Reactors
Aerotest Operations Inc., San Ramon, CA
Armed Forces Radiobiological Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI
General Electric Company, Sunol, CA
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Penn State University, University Park, PA
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Reed College, Portland, OR
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Schenectady, NY
Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission, Narrangansett, RI
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (two reactors)
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA
University of California, Irvine, CA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
University of Missouri, Rolla, MO
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
University of Texas, Austin, TX
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/research-reactors-bg.html