by Noah McKay | Mar 23, 2022 | Lincoln-Douglas, Thinking Strategically
Pixabay.com, https://pixabay.com/illustrations/silhouette-scales-justice-scale-3267887/ Many (probably most) Lincoln Douglas resolutions recommend “valuing” one of two things over the other. And most LD debaters don’t elaborate on what this means,...
by Anna Johansen | May 5, 2018 | Stoa, Stoa Resolutions
Hopefully, you’re planning on making your voice heard as the votes are cast for Stoa’s 2018-2019 debate resolutions. Before you do that, though, take a moment to read what two Ethos team members have to say about the LD options this year. If you missed it,...
by Noah Farley | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
In my last post, I talked about the different types of burden scopes for different resolutions. In this post, I intend to address how to identify the different burden scopes you see in debate resolutions. Let’s look at three examples. Policy Resolutions I touched on...
by Noah Farley | Dec 2, 2017 | Parliamentary
Burdens. Love them or hate them, you can’t escape them. Whether it’s a Negative team arguing you don’t have enough evidence or an Affirmative team arguing that the resolution only requires one successful application, debate of all forms is filled with arguments...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jul 30, 2015 | Lincoln-Douglas, Stoa
Analyze this question: “Where’s the timer?” Doh! Two possible meanings: either we’re missing a device, or an 8-year old. The word “timer” is ambiguous. That’s why I far prefer the words “timepiece” and “timekeeper.” There are many types of ambiguity: Wikipedia says...
