Taking sides. Clashing views on political issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold.

Unit 1. Democracy and the American political process. Should Americans believe in a unique American "mission"?
Is democracy the answer to global terrorism?
Should America adopt public financing of political campaigns?
Unit 2. The institutions of government. Does the president have unilateral war powers?
Should the courts seek the "original meaning" of the Constitution?
Is Congress a "broken branch"?
Should the Senate filibuster be abolished?
Should the president be allowed "executive privilege"?
Unit 3. Social change and public policy. Does affirmative action advance racial equality?
Should abortion be restricted?
Do we need national health insurance?
Is America becoming more unequal?
Are Americans overtaxed?
Is bigger government better government?
Stopping illegal immigration: should border security come first?
Should there be a "wall of separation" between church and state?
Unit 4. America and the world. Is indefinite detention of suspected terrorists justified?
Is Middle Eastern profiling ever justified?
Is the use of torture against terrorist suspects ever justified?
Is warrantless wiretapping in some cases justified to protect national security?
Should the United States pull out of Afghanistan?