Campus Liberty Tour

"Is institutional neutrality necessary to preserve the university as a forum for open inquiry rather than an actor in political disputes?"  This debate took place at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, on June 23, 2026. Arguing the affirmative is Jonathan Turley, Professor at George Washington University Law School. Arguing the negative is Todd Wolfson, Professor at Rutgers Un...

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization and in association with CU’s Conference on World Affairs, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, the United States is in the process of committing superpower suicide. Arguing the affirmative is Susan Rice, Domestic Policy Advisor (2021-2023); U.S. National...

The debate resolution is: Be it resolved, the failure of civic education in schools is the primary cause of ideological partisanship in society today. Arguing the affirmative is Josh Dunn, Ph. D., Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Arguing the negative is Timothy Messer-Kruse, Ph. D., Professor in the School of Cultural a...

AFFIRMATIVE: TYLER J. THOMPSON, Attorney specializing in Data Privacy and AI Regulation – Reed Smith LLP NEGATIVE: JOHN YOO, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, UC-Berkeley; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School of Civic Leadership, University of Texas at Austin A debate on AI policy at our 2026 Winter Policy Summit: America 250 in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the University of California, Davis, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, scientific progress is best achieved through publicly funded research initiatives. Arguing the affirmative is Jon Hartley, economist and Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Arguing the negative is John Early, Adjunct Scholar at the...

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the Colangelo College of Business, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, in the near term, artificial intelligence will do more harm than good. Arguing the affirmative is Bret Weinstein, Ph. D., Evolutionary Biologist, Author, and Host of The DarkHorse Podcast. Arguing the negative is Michael Strain, Ph. D, Dir...

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, capitalism is better than socialism for human flourishing. Arguing the affirmative is Yaron Brook, Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute; Host of The Yaron Brook Show; Author of In Pursuit of Wealth: The M...

"Be it resolved, the government should ban all DEI programs." Arguing the affirmative: Jason Riley, Columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Arguing the negative: Ralph Richard Banks, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Moderator: Carine Hajjar, Opinion Writer and Editorial Board Member at The Boston Globe; Steamboat In...

Dan Mitchell, Ph. D., and Manisha Singh at our Campus Liberty Tour debate at the University of Texas, Austin, debating the resolution: “Be it resolved, the use of tariffs is beneficial to the American economy.” Want to catch more of our Campus Liberty Tour content? Subscribe to our channel to see all of our past debates!

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the Cornell Political Union, Cornell Heterodox Academy, Cornellians United for Free Speech and Cornell Republicans, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, American global dominance is the best defense against tyranny and evil. Arguing the affirmative is Mary Kissel, Executive VP and Senior Policy Advisor, Stephe...

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with VMI’s Center for Leadership and Ethics, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, the U.S. is experiencing a constitutional crisis. Arguing the affirmative is Daniel Farbman, Associate Professor & McHale Faculty Research Scholar, Boston College Law School. Arguing the negative is Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Mauri...

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the CMU Civic Forum, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: "Be it resolved, more federal agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management, should be relocated outside Washington, D.C." Arguing the affirmative is William Perry Pendley, Former Director of the Bureau of Land Management in the Trump Administration. Arguin...

Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker School for Public Policy and Public Affairs, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: Be it resolved, persons born in the U.S. to temporarily or illegally present parents are U.S. citizens by birthright under the Fourteenth Amendment. Arguing the affirmative is Vikram Amar,...

The Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, is proud to present a compelling debate on the following resolution: "Be it resolved, the U.S. federal government should make reducing the national debt a fiscal priority." Arguing the affirmative is Steve Moore, Senior Visiting Fellow in Economics, The Heritage Foundation. Arguing the n...

In this engaging debate at CU Boulder, we tackled the topic of transgender athletes in women's sports. Our resolution: "Be it resolved, transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports." Kevin Bolling, Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance, argued the affirmative. Jennifer Sey, Founder and CEO of XX-XY Athletics and 1986 National Women’s Gymnastics Ch...

The Campus Liberty Tour starts off the semester with an exciting debate at Princeton University debating the following resolution: Be it resolved, the U.S.-Israel alliance is a strategic asset for American foreign policy. Arguing the affirmative is Josh Hammer, Senior editor-at-large of Newsweek and Host of The Josh Hammer Show. Arguing the negative is Dave Smith, Stand-Up Comedian and Host of Par...

General Stan McChrystal, former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan, and William Ruger, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and recipient of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, debate this topic. Moderated by Tony Blankley Fellow Brad Polumbo.

Hear from  Dr. Kim Cobb and Benji Backer debate the benefits and drawbacks of EV vehicles for our planet, moderated by Tony Blankley Fellow George Bogden.

In this episode, Hélène Landemore, Ph. D., Professor of Political Science at Yale University, and Jason Brennan, Ph. D., Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University debate the concept of democracy in the US at our Campus Liberty Tour debate, moderated by Hadley Heath Manning. 

Stephen Moore and Ben Harris debate taxing unrealized capital gains, moderated by Tony Blankley Fellow Patrice Lee Onwuka.

This engaging debate features Bryan Caplan, American economist and author, and Sohrab Ahmari, founder and editor of Compact magazine. Moderated by Tony Blankley Fellow Kaylee McGhee White.

Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law Professor, and Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law Professor debate free speech and intellectual diversity at Harvard, moderated by Tony Blankley Fellow Amber Duke.

Our debtors John Bolton and Vivek Ramaswamy discuss this timely topic at the Virginia Military Institute.