1/11 - FEDERAL BAILOUTS - How do you feel about the decisions made thus far to grant, deny or defer bailouts for individual companies or industries as a whole?  Do you understand the factual basis  or the principles invoked behind these decisions?  Are you comfortable with the government making similar decisions under the new President?  How do you, as an individual, determine whether a proposed bailout has merit?  How do we, as a society, make those decisions collectively?

1/18 -- END STAGE COLONIALISM - Greenland is edging toward independence from Denmark.  It has potential riches as a result of its mineral wealth, but some startling social problems too.  It is also a test case for the future of global warming.  Is the future political and economic development of this land mass an issue solely for the small number of people who live there to decide?

1/25 - Hot Topics joins Adult Forum for a discussion of the church’s role in political issues.