by Harrison Durland | Oct 4, 2019 | Concept Analysis, Matter Loading, Parliamentary
In the previous article on this topic of punishment, I covered some of the purposes/benefits of punishment; this article will discuss the opposite issue: drawbacks. Introduction (and topic applicability, briefly repeated): As noted in more detail previously,... 
by Thaddeus Tague | Apr 28, 2018 | LD, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions, Theory
Stoa has released their prospective resolutions for the 2018/2019 debate season! You can check them out here, and be sure to stay tuned for the Ethos Voting Guide (coming soon). In the meantime, take a look at this post that tackles a major issue involved in one of... 
by Noah Farley | Oct 27, 2017 | Debate, LD, Preemptive War LD 17-18, Stoa, Stoa Resolutions, Theory
In the last two pieces, I’ve discussed a couple of things that have changed due to the new resolution we’ve drawn for Stoa this year. So far, we’ve covered the proper role of values in a fact resolution and the lack of need for applications to prove the resolution....