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Deep Thought: Improving Your Knowledge Base

Deep Thought: Improving Your Knowledge Base

by Patrick S | Jan 23, 2011 | Debate Blog, Technique

My grandfather might be the scariest man I know. He’s a nuclear physicist who’s taught at universities all over the world. He was intimately involved in the Mars Rover project in the 1970’s. When you ask him if he has been to Area 51, he sighs and...
Recommended Reading: The Art of Cross-Examination

Recommended Reading: The Art of Cross-Examination

by Patrick S | Jan 8, 2011 | Coaching, Debate Blog

The more things change, the more you realize that some things don’t. I was looking at my bookshelf today when I noticed something I’d been neglecting. See, a long time ago, before I was in the NCFCA/Stoa debate circles, I took a debate class with the local...
Crash Course: The Case for Shell and Extend

Crash Course: The Case for Shell and Extend

by Patrick S | Sep 20, 2010 | Debate Blog, Featured, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy

We have a problem in the debate community. It’s not bad evidence that I’m referring to. It’s not shallow argumentation. It’s not a lack of thinking. It’s not poor judging. Those are all problems, of course, but they’re not the...

The Most Experimental Beats: Patrick’s Favorite Cases

by Patrick S | Feb 23, 2010 | Debate Blog, Environment TP 09-10

I’m essentially the mad scientist of the Ethos group. I keep trying to re-invent the wheel, and more often than not, it blows up in my face. So, with that in mind, some of my favorite cases should probably be approached with caution, but I think they’re...

Big Idea: Spending Arguments That Don’t Stink! (Alternative impacts to spending disadvantages as an introduction to nonconventional argumentation)

by Patrick S | Dec 26, 2009 | Debate Blog, Strategy

We’ve all been there. You’re in a round against a case you’ve never seen before. Maybe it’s at an open against a team from another region, maybe a team trying out a new case, maybe it’s just one you didn’t see coming. Either way,...
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