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 Joshua Farquhar | Sep 15, 2017 | Stoa Resolutions
Transportation policy. Two simple words. One simple term. Easy enough to debate, easy enough to define. Right??? Nope. Sorry, hoss. No matter how you search, you won’t find a credible definition of “transportation policy” on the web. At least, I haven’t. If you...
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 Noah Farley | Jun 26, 2017 | Stoa Resolutions
Preemptive Warfare is morally justified. Within that simple phrase are a boatload of questions. What does it mean to be morally justified? What moral obligations do states have? Is preemptive warfare necessary? Is warfare ever justified? Those questions are...
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 emilyerose | Apr 21, 2017 | Stoa Resolutions
Monday, we covered the new Stoa LD topics. Today, we’ll analyze Stoa’s choices for the new policy resolutions. Remember, you can view all the proposed topics for voting here! In the last post, we organized it by resolution. But our policy analysts all took...
