by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 15, 2016 | Communication/Rhetoric, Technique, Video
Dr. Tallmon, rhetoric professor, former Patrick Henry College director of debate, and curator of the amazing Rhetoric Ring, visited Lone Star CC the other day. We recorded his talk to debaters. You should definitely watch this one! It frames what debaters are doing...
by Harrison Durland | Dec 15, 2016 | From Advanced to National-Class, Lincoln-Douglas, Strategy, Technique
It is an age-old (cliche) question: Is the journey more important than the destination? This question plays out in many different areas of debate. For example, one of the largest arguments in ethics is the divide between deontology (focus on means, rights, and duties)...
by Anna Johansen | Nov 7, 2016 | Communication/Rhetoric, From Advanced to National-Class, Technique
The crowd roared. The phrase whips up images of excited football fans. Of theater-goers as the curtain falls. Of Wrigley Field during Game 7. Or, perhaps, of a supportive audience at a campaign rally. The crowd roared. During the 1996 presidential race, it wasn’t just...
by emilyerose | Oct 6, 2016 | From Novice to Intermediate, Lincoln-Douglas, Technique
“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
by Brennan Herring | Sep 12, 2016 | Debate Rounds, Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, Lincoln-Douglas, Strategy, Technique, Video
A few days ago, Ethos Head Coach Isaiah McPeak and Ethos Coach Devin Radford tackled this year’s LD resolution for the NCFCA. It’s one of Isaiah and Devin’s first debate rounds of the season. Use it as an example of where some rounds could go…...
by Harrison Durland | Jul 23, 2016 | Strategy, Technique
Author/Editor note (2020): I have substantially changed my views on some aspects of this–especially points under the “No case is unbeatable” section (which, in hindsight, highlights a rather unrealistic, naïve/innocent view of politics). However, I...
