A proposed debate:
Did Thomas Jefferson father Sally Hemings’s children?
          A University of Virginia law professor has challenged Norm to a debate centered on whether Thomas Jefferson was, in fact, the father of Sally Hemings’s children. Norm has accepted and will support the affirmative, as has the Thomas Jefferson Foundation following an independent study beyond DNA testing.He and the skeptical challenger—Dr. Robert F. Turner—are trying to find a mutually agreeable date and place in the Kansas City area.Dr. Turner is accommodating Norm’s wish not to travel to Charlottesville, so they are also trying to arrange for a second appearance in the Kansas City area by the law professor. In that way, the sponsoring school or institution would pay Dr. Turner’s travel costs.The 2014-15 academic year is now the estimated time when the debate will take place. The original challenge was issued and accepted in mid-November, 2013.