This is a collection of resources available to students participating in the Lincoln-Douglas debate series.

NFL March/April 2013 Topic

Resolved: The United States is justified in intervening in the internal political processes of other countries to attempt to stop human rights abuses.

Winning the Unwinnable War, book by Elan Journo, ed.

The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America, book by Peter Schwartz

“Galt Goes Global: Did Paul Ryan Take His Foreign Policy from Ayn Rand?” short article by Elan Journo (available free online)

“Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand, and U.S. Foreign Policy,” longer essay by Elan Journo (available free online)

NFL November/December 2012 Topic

Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal health care for its citizens.

Health Care Is Not A Right by Dr. Leonard Peikoff

Thinking Clearly About Health Care by Don Watkins

Additional Health Care Op-Eds by various authors

NFL 2012 Nationals

Resolved: A government has the obligation to lessen the economic gap between its rich and poor citizens.

The "On Your Own" Economy, by Don Watkins & Yaron Brook

America Before the Entitlement State, by Don Watkins & Yaron Brook

The Entitlement State is Morally Bankrupt, by Don Watkins & Yaron Brook

It's Time to Kill the Robin Hood Myth, by Don Watkins & Yaron Brook

How About Tax Reparations for the Rich?, by Don Watkins & Yaron Brook

NFL March/April 2012 Topic

Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool.

Video Lecture: "The Morality of War", by Yaron Brook

Killing of Bin Laden, by Elan Journo

Israel's Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin Justified, by David Holcberg

NFL 2011 Nationals

Resolved: When forced to choose, a just government ought to prioritize universal human rights over its national interest.

Libya vs. U.S. self-interest, by Elan Journo

Foreign Policy and Self-Interest, by Peter Schwartz

Video Lecture: "America’s Foreign Policy: Self-Interest vs. Self-Sacrifice", by Peter Schwartz

"Just War Theory" vs. American Self-Defense, by Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein

The "Forward Strategy" for Failure, by Yaron Brook and Elan Journo

The Road to 9/11: How America’s Selfless Policies Unleashed the Jihadists, by Elan Journo

Democracy vs. Victory: Why the "Forward Strategy of Freedom" Had to Fail, by Yaron Brook

Obama Whitewashes Iran, by Elan Journo

The Foreign Policy of Guilt, by Onkar Ghate and Yaron Brook