by Thaddeus Tague | Apr 28, 2018 | Lincoln-Douglas, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
Stoa has released their prospective resolutions for the 2018/2019 debate season! You can check them out here, and be sure to stay tuned for the Ethos Voting Guide (coming soon). In the meantime, take a look at this post that tackles a major issue involved in one of...
by Noah Farley | Oct 27, 2017 | Lincoln-Douglas, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
In the last two pieces, I’ve discussed a couple of things that have changed due to the new resolution we’ve drawn for Stoa this year. So far, we’ve covered the proper role of values in a fact resolution and the lack of need for applications to prove the resolution....
by Noah Farley | Oct 7, 2017 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
This is Part II of a series on What’s Different for Stoa LDers this year. Part 1 can be found here. Having covered values, we now move to contention-level arguments. Last debate season, for the resolution “The Needs of the Public ought to be valued above private...
by Emily Rose | Jul 11, 2017 | Bonus Evidence, Coaching, Debate Rounds, Lincoln-Douglas, Question and Answer, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
Get ahead on this year’s STOA LD resolution by getting an overview of the topic and having your questions asked and answered. Ethos’ Emily Rose interviews political scientist, history buff, and war veteran Dr. Joe Dunn on the subject of preemptive war....
by Thaddeus Tague | Jun 19, 2017 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
Nowhere in the legislative landscape that constitutes the geopolitical makeup of America’s governing body is the mechanics of “efficient policy” more scrutinized (on a federal, municipal, and even local level) than in every single policy dealing with mass...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 1, 2016 | Soapbox, Stoa
Have you ever quoted a philosopher in a debate round? Like Aristotle, Rawls, or John Locke? These people tried to make sense of the world by discussing the deep things. Some in the sub-culture of homeschool Christian debate seem perfectly okay with quoting...
