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 Jala Boyer | Dec 11, 2023 | Debate Resources, NCFCA, NSDA, Speech Events, Stoa, Technique
Photo Credit: drown_in_city (https://unsplash.com/photos/man-in-black-shirt-standing-on-black-staircase-ZCwDb212igc) On average, debate rounds typically last somewhere between forty-five minutes to an hour, depending on the style of debate. This means that for the...
by Ben Brown | Sep 8, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, NSDA, Research Tips
Source: Pixabay Editor’s Note: The following is a piece by guest writer and NSDA debater Rik Roy which explores the potential long-term effects of artificial intelligence in the debate space. Though rules and norms surrounding AI may vary from league-to-league,...
by Nathanael Morgan | May 2, 2023 | Affirmative, Concept Analysis, Debate Resources, NCFCA, Negative, NSDA, Research Tips, Stoa, Thinking Strategically
Source: Pixabay For the first time in history, the modern western world suffers not from a lack of information, but an utter abundance of it. Now, more than ever, it is critical that those who wish to find answers know how to sort through all the meaningless and...
by Jala Boyer | Feb 20, 2023 | Affirmative, College Debate, Debate Leagues, Debate Resources, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, NCFCA, Negative, NSDA, Research Tips, Stoa, Strategy, Technique, Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Jason Blackeye, https://unsplash.com/@jeisblack I’m not joking, this is possibly one of the most valuable articles that I have published on the Ethos website. That is because this article is a list of different documents that I have made or have seen...
by Joshua Hu | Aug 9, 2019 | Lincoln-Douglas, NSDA, Public Forum, Research Tips, Uncategorized
Ethos previously put out a free, 100+ page sourcebook on the 2019 NSDA March PF Topic to let you know what we’re like. I’m happy to announce that we will begin regularly publishing LD and PF Sourcebooks starting with our Sept/Oct release coming later this...
