U.S. national debate topic 2006-2007: national service

[Pt.] 1: Historical overview of national service. Cracking the atom of civic power / Harris Wofford

The volunteering decision / Paul C. Light

New directions : service and the Bush administration's civic agenda / John M. Bridgeland, Stephen Goldsmith, and Leslie Lenkowsky

Suddenly serviceable / Richard Just

Volunteerism and legislation : a guidance note / Inter-Parliamentary Union, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and United Nations Volunteers

[Pt.] 2: Military service and conscription. Rumors about a draft are false / Donald H. Rumsfeld

Bring back the draft / Charles B. Rangel

The case for the draft / Phillip Carter and Paul Galstris

An army of the willing / Richard A. Posner

Schroder to end conscription in push for EU rapid reaction force / Tony Paterson

[Pt.] 3: Youth and the draft. Considering the draft / Max Friedman

Well, no, they won't go / John Cook

Young people fear return of military draft / Marian Gail Brown

Teens frown on national service requirement / Dennis Welch

[Pt.] 4: Community service programs. Desire to serve stays for AmeriCorps alums : study : members of program likely to have more civic responsibility / David Tarrant

AmeriCorps steps up, digs in / Ken Leiser

Peace Corps finds renewed passion in volunteerism / John Faherty

How UN volunteer system assists Kenya / Peter Mwaura

Do the nation a service / John McCain

Denial of service / Julian Sanchez

Muting the call to service / Dave Eggers

[Pt.] 5: Mandatory universal national service. Monterey Bay campus is a role model / Eric Slater

Kids with a cause / Cathy Gulli

Uncle Sam wants you / Alan Khazei and Michael Brown

September 11, 2001 : the case for universal service / Robert E. Litan

A bad idea whose time is past : the case against universal service / Bruce Chapman

Doing disservice / Drake Bennett

A nation of servants : defining public service for the twenty-first century / Alan W. Dowd

Appendix. Statement upon signing order establishing the Peace Corps (Executive Order 10924) / John F. Kennedy

Appendix. National service timeline / Corporation for National & Community Service.