2009 Lincoln Financial Group/NFL Lincoln-Douglas Debate National Tournament Topic:Resolved: Military conscription is unjust.
2009 Public Forum Debate National Tournament Topic: Resolved: That the United States should normalize relations with Cuba.
1. Education and Issues of Youth
2. America: Challenges and Opportunities
3. The American War on International Terrorism
4. Science, Technology and the Environment
5. American Politics
6. Business and the Economy
7. U. S. Immigration Policy
8. Crime and Punishment
9. Issues facing States and Cities
10. American: Sports, Media and Pop Culture
11. The New President
12. Health and Welfare
13. National Defense and Homeland Security
International Extemp List:
1. Western and Eastern Europe
2. Russia
3. Africa
4. The World: Challenges and Opportunities
5. China, Taiwan, Japan, and the Koreas
6. US Foreign Policy: The Foreign Perspective
7. Central and South America
8. India, Pakistan and SE Asia
9. The Problem of International Terrorism
10. The World Economy
11. Science, Technology and the Environment
12. Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean
13. The Middle East
Extemp Commentary List:
1. This Week in History (major historical events that occurred during the week of NFL Nationals)
2. The Obama Presidency
3. It’s the economy, stupid
4. Environment and Health
5. Quotable Quotes
6. Time Magazine’s front page stories from 2009
7. Best of the Blogs
8. Around the World in the last 80 days (World News from the 80 days preceding NFL Nationals)
9. Media and Culture
10. Science and Technology
