On the agenda at most Toastmasters meetings is Table Topics, where you are given a topic to speak about off-the-cuff. I was Table Topics Master at this week’s meeting, so I wrote up the following questions about Current Events. Picture yourself walking to the podium, drawing a question out of a hat, and speaking for 2 minutes about one of these topics:
Monday was Columbus Day – was Columbus a hero of discovery or a villain of conquest?
Are this year’s hurricanes and wildfires magnified by man-made global warming and if so what should we do about it?
After the shooting in Las Vegas, what should we do about gun control?
Monday was John Lennon’s birthday. Who was your favorite Beatle and why? Hint: John, Paul, George, or Ringo
What role did social media play in the 2016 presidential election?
On Sunday VP Mike Pence left an NFL football game when some players took a knee for the national anthem. Why does it matter what football players do during the national anthem?
On Wednesday Trump tweeted about “fake news.” What role does a free press play in a democracy?
Rock star Tom Petty died on Monday. If music is the soundtrack of our lives, what memories do his songs bring back? Hint, his greatest hits include Refugee, Running Down a Dream, Mary Jane’s Last Dance, I Won’t Back Down, Free Fallin, Learning to Fly.
This week Tennessee Senator Bob Corker and President Trump criticized each other on Twitter. What makes Twitter an effective tool in politics?
On Wednesday the Boy Scouts announced they will allow girls to join. What could possibly go wrong?
