by Hannah Cavanaugh | Jan 29, 2024 | College Debate, From Intermediate to Advanced, Lincoln-Douglas, NCFCA, NSDA, Parliamentary, Stoa, Thinking Strategically
Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/light-bulb-idea-inspiration-light-4514505/) “Narrative imagining — story — is the fundamental instrument of thought. Rational capacities depend upon it. It is our chief means of looking into the future, or...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Dec 18, 2023 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Lincoln-Douglas, Technique
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by Jala Boyer | May 26, 2023 | From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, Strategy, Tournaments
Photo Credit: Chris Boland, https://unsplash.com/@londonweddingphotographer With the month of May coming to a close, final competitions like NITOC and the NCFCA Championship are right around the corner. Regionals was an exciting time to see people make well-earned...
by Jala Boyer | Feb 20, 2023 | Affirmative, College Debate, Debate Leagues, Debate Resources, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, NCFCA, Negative, NSDA, Research Tips, Stoa, Strategy, Technique, Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Jason Blackeye, https://unsplash.com/@jeisblack I’m not joking, this is possibly one of the most valuable articles that I have published on the Ethos website. That is because this article is a list of different documents that I have made or have seen...
by Charlie Said | Oct 20, 2022 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Parliamentary, Strategy, Team Policy, Thinking Strategically, Topicality
There’s few things that make experienced debaters happier than a quality Topicality debate (Hereafter referred to by the common debate lingo of “T”). That’s probably because T is so often mishandled by both teams, to the frustration of...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Oct 14, 2022 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Soapbox
https://pixabay.com/photos/facepalm-statue-gray-sadness-1791146/ We all have pet peeves, things that to others would simply be minor annoyances, but to ourselves represent all that is wrong in the world. For example, the difference between “I could care...