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Parliamentary Debate: Viewing Events as a Story

Parliamentary Debate: Viewing Events as a Story

Written by Dan Pugh As a college student, I rarely have time to read the news as much as I would like. I have to be economical with what I read. Part of that means picking good sources (BBC, Reuters, New York Times, The Economist, etc.). The more important part is...
Parli Case Structures

Parli Case Structures

I’m teaching some parli classes lately. While these structures help in other forms of debate too, it’s good to learn a few standard case structures to deploy in parli. You can do almost anything you want to organize your speech, as long as you do it...
Parli Round: PITOC Finals

Parli Round: PITOC Finals

See the following three Ethos staff debating in the final round of parli nationals this year: Josiah McPeak, Peter Voell, and Ty Harding. This was the first year that parli debate was offered in high school homeschool leagues. Notice how these awesome debaters still...

Rounds: Parli & LD Policy

I just returned from Biola where I was coaching the Patrick Henry College debate team at Christian nationals (NCCFI). About 28 schools were there. Pt. Loma won varsity parli debate, St. Mary’s won junior division parli debate (5-4 in finals vs. Alan Carrillo and...