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List of Topics

Art, Architecture, Cinema, and Design
Economics and Finance
  • Philadelphia’s Economy: Past, Present, Future [Walter Licht]
  • The U.S. Economy in Historic Global Perspective [Walter Licht]
  • The Rise and Fall of American Trade Unionism [Walter Licht]
Health, Medicine, Biology
History, Culture, Literature
International Affairs, Politics, Policy, and Law 
  • American Politics in Historical Perspective [Walter Licht]
  • America’s Conflicting Constitutional Visions: The Quest for Common Ground [Rogers M. Smith]
  • America’s New Racial Divides: Protect versus Repair [Rogers M. Smith]
  • BDS: What is the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement [Ian Lustick]
  • Israel and the Palestinians: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality [Ian Lustick]
  • Ranked Choice Voting [Jack Nagel]
  • A Plan to Reform the Pennsylvania General Assembly [Jack Nagel]
  • A Remedy for the Electoral College [Jack Nagel]
  • Toward Better Stories of American Identity [Rogers M. Smith]
  • What is a “paradigm” and how does it “shift?” [Ian Lustick]
  • What is “critical theory” and is it dangerous? [Ian Lustick]
  • Where did Zionism come from and where is it going? [Ian Lustick]
Sociology, Religion, and Philosophy