Respect: Part I by Chris Theis

“I’m sorry for what I have to do here.”

“Then don’t”

“Sorry you just had to listen to that.”

“Then why did you do it?”

9 Issues Facing the LD Community by Mike Bietz

I originally wrote this article for the NDCA in March of 2008. A lot has changed in Lincoln-Douglas Debate since 2008. Over the next few weeks I’ll try to elaborate and evaluate on my statements from almost 4 years ago.
9 Issues Facing the Lincoln…

Three Things You Can Do To Improve Your Standards Debating by Adam Torson

One of the most common mistakes the average debater makes when addressing the standards is to be insufficiently comparative. A judge is presented not with the question of whether a standard is the best…

Drew McCormick wins VBT 2012

Strake Jesuit’s Drew McCormick defeated Aliso Niguel’s Regan Grishaber on a 2–1 decision. The panel for the…

Paradigms and Principles: Offensive Arguments

This week I would like to discuss the following question:
A. At what point is it appropriate to drop a debater for making an offensive argument rather than simply tanking their speaker points?

Northwest Round Robin Field Report

From Jeff Gans, Director of the Northwest Round Robin:

I’m pleased to announce the field for the fourth Northwest Round Robin, which will be held this Sunday at Eastside Catholic. The NWRR aims to bring together the best debaters and judges in…

The View from Tab 50 is Released

Jim Menick, Jon Cruz and your’s truly sit down to discuss the Jan/Feb domestic violence topic controversy as well as the divide between the “clash of civilizations” in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Should LD become two different activities?

Stanford Seeks Hired Judges

Hello HS Judging Community,
The Stanford Debate Society is seeking judges for its upcoming High School Invitational from February 11–13, 2012 in Palo Alto, CA. We can use judges in all categories, but are highly interested in hiring for Varsity Policy & Lincoln Douglas debate. We…

Stop Running “Deliberate” T by Stephen Babb

A menace is once again sweeping across the land, this time in the form of a topicality argument suggesting the use of deadly force is only “deliberate” if it is slow and unhurried. The implication is that the only topical use of deadly force is that…