by Noah McKay | Apr 29, 2024 | Communication/Rhetoric, Lincoln-Douglas
Image from Pixabay.com Abstract Art Backdrop – Free photo on Pixabay – Pixabay Lincoln Douglas debate is mostly about philosophy, and philosophy is hard. Really hard. So hard that most people struggle to understand it, let alone do it well. The most...
by Noah McKay | Mar 25, 2024 | Debate Formats, Debate Rounds, Lincoln-Douglas, NCFCA, Strategy
Image from Pixabay.com https://pixabay.com/photos/glasses-book-education-eyeglasses-1052010/ There’s been controversy in the NCFCA recently about the use of theological arguments in Lincoln-Douglas debate rounds, so much so that the NCFCA released an official letter...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Feb 2, 2024 | Lincoln-Douglas, Negative, Strategy
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/opposite-teams-activists-with-yes-no-banners_30534343.htm#query=disagree&position=2&from_view=search&track=sph&uuid=ad71268b-5361-49ee-876d-9d8abe568333 Freshman year, going into my second round of the first...
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 Noah McKay | Jan 25, 2024 | Lincoln-Douglas, Resolutions, Stoa
Image from Pixabay.com Stoa recently announced this season’s spring LD resolution: Resolved: National security concerns ought to be valued above individual rights. This resolution will be very difficult for AFF to prove. In this short post, I’ll explain why. I’ll also...
by D. J. Mendenhall | Dec 18, 2023 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Lincoln-Douglas, Technique
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