by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 14, 2010 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy
We often advocate taking risks in our blogging and coaching. You have no chance as an intermediate team against an experienced team through “straight refutation” that they are ready for and has failed dozens of times. Sometimes you need to try the hail...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 9, 2010 | Research Tips
The oligarchs of new russiaView more presentations from immcpeak. Laura Alexander (Lisa Alexander’s daughter) is a student of Russian culture and history. She has kindly granted us permission to post a short primer on oligarchy in Russia that she prepared for a...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 8, 2010 | Research Tips
Step 1: google.com Step 2: enter the following: russia site:gao.gov Step 3: Find all the problems GAO reports and block them Further explanation (edit): The Government Accountability Office audits and points out problems in government agencies. Peter and Lydia used...
by Anthony Severin | Aug 25, 2010 | Research Tips, Technique
I have a habit of collecting strange facts. Be it reading through news articles, listening to the radio, or watching TV, I seem to pick up on the smallest points. It wasn’t until last year that I realized how critical that can be. Last year (yep, you guessed it,...
by Joseph Samelson | Aug 19, 2010 | Research Tips
So, researching for three straight months on US-Russian policy, relations, laws, and treaties has shown me that there are tons of acronyms that you need to familiarize yourself with to be able to (a) tell what the evidence is actually talking about (for yourself) and...
by Josiah McPeak | Aug 14, 2010 | Strategy
What does it take to win nationals (This is what I’m supposed to write about but I don’t presume to know the answer so I will tell you a few things I have learned) A little game of True or False. You have to network with other debaters. TRUE, if you take away the net...
