by Joshua Hu | Jun 13, 2018 | Lincoln-Douglas, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
This will be the first in a series of topic analyses Ethos is bringing to you—I’ll be breaking down the Stoa 2018-19 LD topic, addressing key definitions, areas of conflicts, and providing basic resources and arguments to jumpstart your research. I’ll start with basic...
by Anna Johansen | May 5, 2018 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
Hopefully, you’re planning on making your voice heard as the votes are cast for Stoa’s 2018-2019 debate resolutions. Before you do that, though, take a moment to read what two Ethos team members have to say about the LD options this year. If you missed it,...
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....
