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Free Trade

A reader commented that Ethos does not contain a specific negative to a free trade agreement with India. While this is true, we don’t necessarily have a specific negative brief at this time, there is plenty within Ethos that you can use to start building your...

Multiple Alternate Cause Arguments

We got an email from a debater in Region 8 with several pertinent questions, answered below: Hey Ethos, Had a couple questions for you: Is it a good idea to run multiple alt. causes? Seems like it would weaken your stance by provided an ultra-broad area to...

Defending the Piracy Case

So Tim is doing an exhibition debate using the piracy case and emailed me asking for analysis of the neg’s position. I thought it a good exercise in demonstrating how to quickly make responses as you hear them, so below are what I would actually say in a round...

Well, what do you think?

Those many of you who have received Ethos already, if you have a second we would greatly appreciate your comments here or in an email (ethosdebate@gmail.com). General comments and things to improve/things that are good are great, plus we’re particularly looking...

We are ready!

Finishing late Saturday night at a whopping (new record) 798 pages, 1 inch margins, yadda yadda, Ethos India is ready to hit the inboxes. Please remember our sourcebook is electronic copy only, because mailing 800 pages of paper would cost a crushing amount (that...