by Ben Brown | Oct 26, 2022 | Communication/Rhetoric, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Team Policy
Almost everyone in the world uses the base ten number system, meaning that the value of the place furthest to the right of an integer is ten raised to the zero power (IE, one), and each successive place increases the value of this exponent by one. Ten to the one...
by Noah McKay | Oct 10, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas, NCFCA, Strategy, Uncategorized
Pixabay.com, https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2021/04/09/09/39/money-6163908_1280.png The moment this season’s resolution was announced, most NCFCA LD debaters doubtless rushed to the nearest copy of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations in search of arguments...
by Noah McKay | Sep 12, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas
Pixabay.com, https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2013/07/12/19/16/newspaper-154444_1280.png Today, I want to discuss the role of real-world examples — known among LD debaters as “applications” — in debate rounds. Some coaches and competitors insist...
by Jadon Buzzard | Sep 5, 2022 | Announcements, Best Resources, Coaching, Debate Resources, Ethos Info, Featured, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Team Policy
Almost four years ago, the venerable Thaddeus Tague (former Ethos owner and certified debate genius) wrote “The Unrivaled Success of Ethos Debate.” In the article, Thaddeus lays out the core history and development of Ethos during his involvement with the...
by Noah McKay | Mar 23, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas, Thinking Strategically
Pixabay.com, https://pixabay.com/illustrations/silhouette-scales-justice-scale-3267887/ Many (probably most) Lincoln Douglas resolutions recommend “valuing” one of two things over the other. And most LD debaters don’t elaborate on what this means,...
by Ben Brown | Feb 23, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas
Prior to the 2021-2022 competition season, I had four years of experience under my belt in TP. Coming into this year, I didn’t plan to change that at all–I had always done TP, and I certainly didn’t have any plans to switch over to LD my senior year. But...
