by Patrick S | Jan 23, 2011 | 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...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jan 19, 2011 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, Featured, From Intermediate to Advanced, Video
You need to watch the constructive speeches in this round. It is semifinals at the NCFCA Region 9 Vector Icebreaker, with Ethos authors Zack Voell and Drew Chambers squaring off. We forgot to tape the 1AC, but that’s okay because the NEG completely derailed the...
by Zack Voell | Jan 18, 2011 | Strategy
Games. We play games in everyday life. Chess teaches us strategic thinking. Chess masters learn the stratagems necessary to win the game. Many card games teach the power of bluffing an opponent and are quite strategic in nature. We even apply the concepts we learn in...
by Bronson Bast | Jan 11, 2011 | Coaching
Nothing is more amusing or humiliating in a debate round. The first negative speaker has made an epic attack on the case, the round seems to be going decidedly negative even before the dreaded Block. Then suddenly, It happens. No one meant for it to happen, but I...
by Patrick S | Jan 8, 2011 | Coaching
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...
