It's tempting to use the Internet for term papers because it seems so convenient. All that online information downloadable to your hard drive, making plagiarism, er, note-taking, as easy as copy and paste.
Students often waste gobs of time seeking the perfect topic when there is no perfect topic.
The best topics are not necessarily the most interesting, only the most researchable, that is, the easiest to look up information on. With such subjects as drugs, sexual harassment, the death penalty, bilingual education, gambling, gangs and paranormal phenomena, Hot Topics' topics are, well, topical, as well as researchable, and some are even interesting. One nice thing about the hot topics is that there aren't too many of them. Another is that each topic has links to information about the topic, often primary sources such as government documents, research studies and legal papers. While comprehensive, the site has links to indexes that lead to more links that lead to more indexes, with ads on every page.