by Anna Snyder | Dec 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Standards: 1. Predictable limits This standard argues that predictable limitations set on affirmative teams provide for a deeper, more intellectual debate round because negative teams are able to predict what they are up against beforehand and research the topic...
by Anna Snyder | Dec 5, 2009 | Coaching
Due to the breadth of this year’s resolution, a general understanding of topicality will be useful. At first this might excite affirmative teams, at least until they realize that topicality will become an issue in (hopefully) every round. I’d like to strongly...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
FIAT comes from the resolution, right? Right. This post is not about everything FIAT, just about the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is part of the Federal Government and the policy resolution says “Federal Government.” Here are three reasons you could...
by Lisa Alexander | Nov 30, 2009 | Coaching, Featured, Strategy
Editors note: Ethos has written on extra topicality more than once; for an alternative view on this theory issue, you can also read this article. Effects topicality and extra topicality tend to bring on quite a bit of confusion within a debate round. Often, teams will...
by Lisa Alexander | Nov 28, 2009 | Research Tips, Strategy
Everyone gets confused over how to evaluate their citations. Is the source a good one? Is the source biased? Is the author qualified? One way to evaluate a card is field expertise. In other words, is the author an expert in the field being discussed in the card or...
