Gerdes, Louise I

Twenty-two essays debate issues related to the roles of technology, world health, the environment, and the global community in humanity's future, including human genetic enhancement, energy sources, pollution, genetically modified food, global warming, overpopulation, weapons of mass destruction, the gap between rich and poor nations, and several others.

A collection of essays that offers varying perspectives on issues related to national service.

Collects essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to political campaigns.

Contains sixteen essays that provide varying perspectives on the debate over intelligent design and evolution, discussing whether the theory of intelligent design is based on religion, science, or neither; which theory should be taught in schools; the compatibility of Christianity and Darwinism; and other topics.

Introduces a discussion on America's infrastructure from a variety of perspectives, and details an overview of standards in the twenty-first century, areas of deficiency, and suggestions to improve things.

A collection of seventeen essays that addresses issues related to guns and crime, such as mass shootings, gun control, concealed-carry laws, gun-free zones, and unrestricted access to firearms.

Presents twenty-five articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to violence, debating whether violence is a serious problem, its causes, the factors that lead to youth violence, and the response of society to the problem.

Contains fifteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to performance enhancing drugs, including their physiological effects, antidoping policies, drug testing, the use of performance enhancing drugs among teens, and other topics; and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

Contains twenty-eight articles in which the authors debate issues related to war, discussing the causes of war, whether war is ever justified, and the conduct and prevention of war.

Twenty-four essays present opposing arguments on issues related to homelessness, covering aspects of the extent of the problem, factors that contribute to it, what housing policies will benefit the homeless, and what policies will best reduce homelessness.