Sample Extemp Topics

March 13, 2006

1. Should the test launch of missiles from North Korea cause renewed concern?

2. Can Americans reverse their love affair with debt?

3. Has data-mining technology made covert intelligence cover a thing of the past

4. Does the discovery of mad cow disease in Alabama reflect a flawed testing process?

5. Will the death of Slobodan Milosevic inflame tensions in the Balkans?

6. Is the closing of the Abu Grhaib prison much ado about nothing?

7. Have prosecution blunders saved Zacarias Moussaoui?