Debate forums
- The Economist Debates — Using the Oxford debate model, the Economist has two people debate an issue on which participants then vote.
- Newsvine seems to mash news aggregation and discussion nicely with scoring and such.
- debate.org
- National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation
Voting
Tveggja flokka vandamál
Síður
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- Lýðræðissetrið ehf, Reykjavíkurakademíunni
Terrorism
- Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible? In 2006, several alleged terrorists were apprehended on suspicion of planning to blow up passenger aircraft using liquid explosives. This is the reason why passengers may not take liquids exceeding a certain amount through security checkpoints at airports. All fine and good, except for the fact that it is virtually impossible to complete such an attack. But we still can't take liquids on planes.
Whales
- Hvalastofnar og hvalveið ar
- Hrefnuveiðar hö engin áif áerðótuna
- Commercial Whaling v/s Whale Watching
- Killing calves makes Japan's whaling indefensible
Politics
Minimum wage
Press Release; Living Wage Laws Reduce Poverty For Urban Families, Study Finds; Benefits of Increased Wages Appear to Outweigh Employment Losses
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 14, 2002 - A pathbreaking national study finds that although living wage laws reduce employment, they also decrease poverty among urban families. A report released today by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows that the substantial pay increases generated by such laws can outweigh job losses among low-income workers - and the net effect is a modest decrease in family poverty.
How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income Families - March 2002, 174 pp.
Since 1994, nearly 40 cities in the United States have passed living wage ordinances. These ordinances mandate that businesses under contract with the city, and in some cases businesses receiving assistance from the city, pay employees a wage sufficient to lift their families out of poverty. This report examines the actual experiences of cities implementing such laws
References
Anarchy
Economics
Milk
Cannabis
- Marijuana Special Report New Scientist
- Harrison Pope Professor of Psychiatry