Is Personal Ambition Important?

What is the balance of personal ambition and personal responsibility?

50-50?

60-40?

70-30?

Is responsibility quantifiable?

Should Innovation be Risk Free?

Should we encourage failure as a path to success?

Should we value failure more than we do?

Should society protect innovators from failure?

Should the government be bailing out investment banks for risky investments gone bad?

Should a Majority of One "Take All"?

Is representation by population possible?

Is one man/woman -  one vote possible?

How can a minority of one retain its true political power?

Does Social Diversity Strengthen or Weaken a Society?

Why is religious, ethnic and economic diversity a good thing?

What is the alternative?

Does diversity promote conflict or understanding?

Is Plot Character?

Is story character?

Is plot story?

In life, is your story, your character?

Is Society a Marketplace?

Do we negotiate selfish and selfless behavior?

Do we negotiate defensive and offensive behaviors?

Do we negotiate our own afterlife?

Is It More Important to be Grateful Than to Be Proud?

In the discussion of national identity?

In the discussion of religious identity?

In the discussion of social identity?