by Noah Farley | Oct 7, 2017 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
This is Part II of a series on What’s Different for Stoa LDers this year. Part 1 can be found here. Having covered values, we now move to contention-level arguments. Last debate season, for the resolution “The Needs of the Public ought to be valued above private...
by Noah Farley | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s been four years since Stoa last employed a fact-value resolution for LD. So most people debating this year will probably have never debated a fact resolution in a value context yet. And while the overall structure of the debate will be similar (you still need a...
by Noah Farley | Aug 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
In most value resolutions, the things we compare tend to be both very positive. Liberal arts vs Practical skills. National security vs freedom of the press. Needs of the public and private property rights. But this year’s NCFCA resolution is a bit different, As I...
by Noah Farley | Aug 14, 2017 | Coaching
A lot of people (including me) start out by thinking that when you’re being questioned in Cross-Ex, the best thing you can do is drone on for as long as possible on each question, restating your case several times and then capping it off by giving the most ambiguous...
by Noah Farley | Jun 26, 2017 | Stoa Resolutions
Preemptive Warfare is morally justified. Within that simple phrase are a boatload of questions. What does it mean to be morally justified? What moral obligations do states have? Is preemptive warfare necessary? Is warfare ever justified? Those questions are...
