Schedule
Please keep in mind this list is subject to changes, additions, and deletions as the semester progresses. All future dates are tentative.
| September 8th | Peter Beinart, former editor of The New Republic |
| Resolved: The United States Should Negotiate Directly with Repressive Regimes | |
| September 15th | Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the NYCLU |
| Resolved: Religious Organizations Should Abide by Non-Discrimination Laws | |
| September 23rd | Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, President of the Brotherhood Organization for a New Destiny |
| Resolved: Abolish Race-Based Affirmative Action | |
| September 29th | Dinesh D'Souza, conservative intellectual and author of Letters to a Young Conservative |
| Resolved: Immigrants Should Assimilate | |
| October 6th | Freshman Prize Debate |
| Resolved: Government Should Protect People from Themselves | |
| October 14th | Dr. P. Roy. Vagelos, former President and CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals |
| Resolved: Corporations Should Be Responsible to More Than Their Shareholders | |
| October 24th | Yale Political Union 75th Anniversary Alumni Debate |
| Resolved: Leave Government to the Experts | |
| October 27th | Howie Hawkins, Co-Founder of the Green Party |
| Resolved: Government Should Employ the Unemployed | |
| November 3rd | Benjamin Friedman, Fellow at the Cato Institute |
| Resolved: Slash the U.S. Defense Budget | |
| November 10th | Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools |
| Resolved: Pay Teachers Based on Student Performance | |
| November 17th | Virginia Postrel, former editor of Reason |
| December 1st | Hudson Union Society Debate |