8
October
In the video below the fold Christopher Hitchens, who not surprisingly is a bit of a hero of mine, debates the idea that morality must be founded in religion. I don’t know that this argument is relevant to many high school debates outside of Nietzsche, but in college a few teams work this into their [...]
8
October
To add a little balance, and to be less of a dirty hippie, I figured I would post a little about how to defeat the K. So in this post I will look at a few K practices, explain why they work, and then like a fancy salad deconstruct them.
7
October
A good K overview should be like a good movie trailer- it should give me as the judge some idea of what is coming but still leave enough to keep me interested. Bad movie trailers either tell too much (and reveal all the funny lines in the movie) or give you no idea what is [...]
7
October
- Winston Churchill I’m sure that everyone at some point during their time in a history class has heard the Churchill quote used to discuss the importance of learning from past mistakes and moving on. While the quote might seem lame or cliché since we’ve heard it so many times before, the moral of the [...]
6
October
I decided to write this because I noticed a consistent theme in many of my conversations and thoughts this weekend at the Kentucky tournament. I want to go ahead and dismiss some of the excuses before I continue any further. Yes, there are examples of women who have achieved success in recent history and who [...]
6
October
The capitalism critique is once again a popular generic negative strategy. Want to improve your ability to debate it on both the affirmative and negative? This special 3NR podcast features a discussion about the capitalism critique between Scott Phillips and guest contributor Malcolm Gordon. Topics discussed include: * the differences between versions of the critique [...]
6
October
One of the things judges/coaches beat into debaters heads over and over again is that they need more explanation of things. Instead of explaining the importance of this instead I thought I would post some examples of how to explain things better.
1
October
Here is the new 3NR podcast You can download the podcast directly (right click to save) or subscribe to our feed with iTunes. Topics discussed in this podcast include -health care politics disad -Nietzsche – Theory in the 1ar -Disclosure -Coaches cutting evidence -Research