The Thirteen American Arguments       

                               

by Howard Fineman

1.    Who is a person?

2.    Who is an American?

3.    The Role of Faith

4.    What can we know and say?

5.    The limits of individualism

6.    Who judges the law?

7.    Debt and the dollar

8.    Local vs. National authority

9.    Presidential power

10.  The terms of trade      

11.  War and diplomacy

12.  The environment

13.  A fair, “more perfect” union