by Isaac Sommers | May 31, 2020 | Announcements, Guest Posts, NCFCA Resolutions, Online Debate, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions, Tournaments
Note from the editor: As noted in our previous guest post/announcement from Isaac Sommers, we at Ethos understand the frustration of not being able to compete in normal/physical nationals. Thus, I and others at Ethos want to help make debaters more aware of some of...
by Isaac Sommers | Mar 31, 2020 | Announcements, Guest Posts, NCFCA Resolutions, Online Debate, Stoa, Tournaments
Note from the editor: Like Isaac Sommers notes in this guest post, I also understand the frustration that you/debaters may be feeling or have felt over the tournament cancellations—especially since I have a younger brother in Stoa who for the first time was nationally...
by Thaddeus Tague | Nov 20, 2019 | Affirmatives, Announcements, Best Resources, Bonus Evidence, Debate, Stoa, Uncategorized
Ethos debate is excited to announce that this Saturday it will be releasing both its Stoa and NCFCA TP sourcebooks. We have 18 quality briefs in each sourcebook, that are ready for debaters to use. In order for you to see the quality of the sourcebook, we are...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jun 24, 2019 | Best Resources, Communication/Rhetoric, Debate, Featured, For Alumni, From Advanced to National-Class, Question and Answer, Stoa, Technique, TP, Uncategorized
Last year, Ethos brought on Jadon Buzzard as a coach and sourcebook writer. From the beginning, Jadon showed a real knack for grasping Ethos’ core mission and teaching it to his students. Today – we sit down with Jadon and talk about his debate career, and...
by Joshua Hu | Jun 16, 2018 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions, Truth-Seeking vs Privacy LD 18-19
This is Part 2 of a series on the new Stoa LD resolution: Criminal procedure should value truth-seeking over individual privacy. Be sure to check out Part 1 for some context. Definitions can make or break your case, so it’s important to have them rooted in the...
by Joshua Hu | Jun 13, 2018 | LD, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions, Truth-Seeking vs Privacy LD 18-19
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...