by Joshua Anumolu | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The NCFCA LD resolution for the 2018-2019 season has been announced: Resolved: When in conflict, governments should value fair trade above free trade. Since it’s useless to cry over spilled milk, I’ll ignore that this is a very very very bad (policy) resolution....
by Thaddeus Tague | Jul 5, 2018 | Guest Posts, Research Tips, Stoa Resolutions, Uncategorized
This post is a guest post from one of our 2018-19 sourcebook authors Jadon Buzzard. Take a look at the resources, and use his knowledge to help prep for the upcoming year! I know what you’re thinking. “Oh man, the 2018-2019 Stoa team policy resolution dropped like a...
by Chris Ostertag | Jul 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are several schools of thought regarding debate, each offering a more or less comprehensive view of theory, strategy, and persuasion. Each insists the others are misguided in one or more significant ways, and compromise between the schools is uncommon....
by Thaddeus Tague | Jun 28, 2018 | Best Resources, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Technique, Thinking Strategically, Uncategorized
Whenever I come into conversation with a parent or student who wants resources to “get better” at debate, among many recommendations, I tell them to take a gander at the Ethos blog. If you have the time to scroll and scroll, it goes way back and contains a...
by Elijah Schow | May 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone, On May 17th, we learned of a security vulnerability in an unused section of our website. We have fixed the problem and as far as we know, no personal information was leaked. Thanks to Prabhakar Damor for finding and reporting the...
by Joshua Anumolu | May 30, 2018 | Soapbox, Uncategorized
The debate season is winding down. You probably have only one or two tournaments left. As such, now is a good time for retrospection. Perhaps you barely missed your seasonal goals, or perhaps you met or exceeded them. Maybe you are pleased and happy with yourself, or...
