by Blake Toman | Aug 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Soccer, or fútbol as true fans would call it, is similar to debate. In order to win a soccer game, you have to score goals. How do you score goals? By taking a risk and going on offense. In debate, you have to take risks and argue the big picture issues to go on...
by Isaiah McPeak | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Someone just asked for this Kritik, which was buried in the India Ethos sourcebook. It was about AIDS, but could be about any number of mature topics that may arise this year. Hopefully you never need to use something like this! C. Kritik A. Link: Case discusses very...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
We just had an expert speaker at PHC debate camp. I’ve typed up some of the key themes that mattered to debaters. Mr. McPeak – M.A. in Strategic Intelligence, 25+ years in intelligence. Patriot Act: Goal of Financing Terrorist Groups (like ISIS) have to get...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Did you know that debaters can inoculate their audiences against future persuasion? Not against arguments you know (that’s called spiking), but against arguments you’ve never heard of. Please partake in a recent text conversation… Isaiah Mcpeak: So...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jan 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is an outline for cases like manganese drilling, uranium deposits, and anything else that you’ve never heard of until the 1A opened their mouth. A) Examples of past “crises” (acid rain, end of the world, ice age, etc… weird resources) B) Publication bias....
by Andrew Min | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was quarterfinals, India year, at the first tournament of my life. We were NEG against food aid reform. We had beaten the Blue Book version several times, and were hoping this would be no different. As the 1AC opened with the infamous sob story about...
