Divided government: does it matter?
Trust in government: a crisis of democracy?
Voting and non-voting: America's flawed democracy?
Campaign finance reform: creating a level playing field
Containing presidential power
The Supreme Court: the politics of judicial activism
Direct democracy: power to the people?
Gun control: the right to bear arms
Immigration: a nation state or a state of nations?
Affirmative action: the continuing dilemma
The politics of health care: anxiety amid plenty
Capital punishment: the politics of retribution
Welfare reform: providing for the old but not for the poor?
Abortion: the right to life debate
Manifest destiny and Realpolitik: realism versus idealism in foreign policy
America as a global economic player: free trade versus protectionism.