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A Modest Proposal: The Rhetorical Nuance of 2NR Voting Issues

A Modest Proposal: The Rhetorical Nuance of 2NR Voting Issues

by Ben Brown | Mar 16, 2023 | Negative, Team Policy

Image Credit: alamy.com A lot of 2NRs follow the same pattern.  First, the speaker gives an intro.  Then, they explain that they’re going to, first, respond to the aff on each line of the flow, and, second, give voting issues.  They then follow through...
Legislative Entrenchment: A Case Study in Fiat

Legislative Entrenchment: A Case Study in Fiat

by Ben Brown | Nov 10, 2022 | Fiat, From Advanced to National-Class, Negative, Team Policy

As any TPer knows, one of the most satisfying parts of the preparation process is when one stumbles across a golden piece of evidence, thinks of a killshot argument, or anything similarly incredible that looks like it all but guarantees a win against a given case. ...
Making Evidence a Prerequisite: Is This Really the Best Way?

Making Evidence a Prerequisite: Is This Really the Best Way?

by Patrick McDonald | Nov 3, 2022 | NCFCA, Team Policy

Note: I’ll be taking NCFCA as my subject for this article because that is where my experience lies. I assume that many of these points will also apply to Stoa, but that is for Stoa-ers (Stoics?) to decide. For the first four years of my exposure to speech and debate,...
Talking about Talking: The Language of Debate

Talking about Talking: The Language of Debate

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...
Theory is Underutilized

Theory is Underutilized

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...
The “What?” Behind Ethos Debate 2.0

The “What?” Behind Ethos Debate 2.0

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...
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