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Energy, sustainable energy resources, alternative energy resources, renewable energy, costs and benefits of energy technologies, emission reduction; ability of energy efficiency and renewables to reduce our dependence on oil and energy imports and the vulnerability of our energy infrastructure; blackouts, national renewable electricity standard, renewable portfolio standards
Responsible practices and access to credit with just terms for low to moderate income families; just public policy; mortgage loans; racism and predatory mortgage lending
Religious perspective on missile defense and weapons in space; dissent and the dominant agenda; war on Iraq and the religious center; values agenda; Church and foreign policy
Threat assessment, US defense policy and planning, military transformation and readiness issues Military defense, defense alternatives, disarmament, arms control, defense budget, military strategy, "strategic precision attack", NATO expansion, military "readiness", confidence building, public opinion on defense spending, China and Chinese military issues, assessing threats to US national security, defense strategy and budgeting, critical appraisal of the war in Afghanistan, casualties in the war in Afghanistan, the new kinds of terrorism and how to fight it; number of Iraqi casualties and how that affects the US occupation
Constitutional law and civil rights issues, civil rights of detainees, The First Amendment, separation between church and state, affirmative action, freedom of speech and of the press
Safe energy, utility deregulation; economic and ecological development, nuclear energy, nuclear waste and the environment; George W. Bush, wind power, global climate change
Security, international affairs and conflict resolution; peacekeeping to terrorism, cyberthreats to nuclear non- proliferation; women's involvement in arms control and disarmament in Europe; underground democracy movements in Eastern Europe; peace process; conflict prevention and supporting democracies abroad
Energy problems at large and alternatives, Bush energy policy, energy standards, renewable energy, campaigns on pollution issues such as pesticides, clean air, toxics; superfund policy; Clean Air Policy; energy efficiency policy; Congress' allocation of money for energy technologies (nuclear vs. renewables)
Campaign finance reform, reducing the influence of money in politics, government integrity, government accountability, ending corporate welfare; crime prevention, civil rights and hate crimes enforcement, elder protection, and prosecution of white-collar crime
Energy co-ops, reliability, electrical engineering, power systems, environmental racism (energy related), nuclear energy problems, deregulation, minorties and energy issues, natural gas, renewable energy issues, energy development, national energy policy, high energy costs following Katrina, alternative energy strategy, using energy co-ops to support local community non-profits, energy costs and its impact on the black community
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: US policy, peace process, arms control, human rights and international law, Palestinian perceptions and views of the Israeli peace movement, Palestinian Christian community, the roots of the extremist Islamic groups, domestic roots of U.S. policy as based on strategic concerns, good overview of the history of the conflict and, in particular, a history of the peace process and the U.S. role; U.S. policy towards practically anywhere in the Middle East as well as Islamic movements, military/strategic issues, terrorism and human rights. In terms of countries, I could talk about the Gulf (including Iran, Iraq and the Arab sheikdoms), Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Western Sahara. In considering the war on terror: Yemen, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia.
Elections; voting process; campaign finance reform; the impact of voting systems and the legislative redistricting process on political representation, voter turnout, third party politics; national and international elections; democracy and Good Government
