by Harrison Durland | Mar 21, 2018 | Disadvantages, Negative, Strategy
Earlier this year, I ventured back out into the forbidding lands of public school policy debate, to help judge. Once again, I was sorely let down by what I saw. In all of the rounds I watched, there was excessive speed and spread, generic evidence, and, perhaps worst...
by Harrison Durland | Feb 14, 2018 | Counterplans, Negative
This post is a continuation of last week’s discussion on Alternate Actor Counterplans. Read Part 1 here. You can also find differing views on Counterplan theory here. Why not just “no fiating the object”? Ethos has explained the “object fiat” concept in more...
by Harrison Durland | Feb 10, 2018 | Counterplans, Negative
Editor’s Note: There are a variety of views on the issue of Alt-Actor Counterplans. Check out some of our other posts dealing with counterplans for more information. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just snap our fingers and other people would do our work for us?...
by Harrison Durland | Jan 27, 2018 | Counterplans, From Advanced to National-Class, Negative, Strategy
Counterplans. I can’t think of a more divisive issue in policy debate. Recently, Joshua decided to brave these controversial waters, writing an article about some of the major generic counterplans you can run. In doing so, he prompts a very important follow up: how...
by Joshua Farquhar | Jan 6, 2018 | Counterplans, Strategy
When it comes to preparation for negative, one problem often arises: you don’t know what cases are going to pop up. Whether this is the first tournament of the year, halfway through the season, or right before nationals, there’s always that empty space on your case...
by Harrison Durland | Jun 30, 2017 | Topicality
“Resolved: ‘This house should eat ice cream tonight.’” The government team launches into a well detailed and superbly structured PMC about the policy resolution. They detail how ice cream is tasty and how much they enjoy ice cream. They read conclusion after...
