by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 7, 2011 | Coaching, Guest Posts
This is a Guest Post by Dr. James Tallmon, Director of Debate at Patrick Henry College where he is also the Professor of Rhetoric. Dr. Tallmon has been an active contributor to homeschool debate, coaching several club meetings at Vector, VA, providing judging at many...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 1, 2011 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy, Video
In quarterfinals at NCFCA Nationals 2010, Josiah McPeak and Patrick Shipsey were negative against a team that had lost their AFF case once the entire year. Obviously, this team couldn’t be beat on their own ground. Through some in-depth analysis, Patrick 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 Isaiah McPeak | Jan 5, 2011 | Ethos Info
Congratulations to the Ethos staff, whose received top honors for Content and Evidence in a national poll! Ethos was also the winner or possibly second place (to COG, if margins of error favor them and harm us) in all other categories except “Formatting”...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 24, 2010 | Ethos Info
Dear Readers, It has been an exciting year for us, as we taught 250+ students across the country this past summer, brought on more staff than ever before, and increased the frequency and authorship of free articles on our blog. Just to share one statistic, our blog...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 20, 2010 | Featured, Research Tips, Strategy
Reader Ryan Funkhouser from Washington submitted the following question: Hello! I attended the TX ethos camp this year and one of the things discussed was masking DAs. I understand the principal behind it, but I can’t find any generic evidence supporting it. Is...
