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That’s not the actual question our February resolution asks—it’s this: Resolved: On balance, Turkey’s membership is beneficial to the...

After years of consideration, I’ve finally jumped on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu train. Tonight is my 5th class, and man am I bad at it....

(I never know what pictures to put on these posts. Thus begins random ass pictures for the debate blog.) As a caveat, I’ve never started...

We published a blog awhile back about the debate <—> battlefield metaphor. In fact, I think it’s the most appropriate— a castle siege, a...

What if the whole world were debaters? Would our public discourse improve? Would people be more reasonable? Would the issues of fake news...

Oh, the National topic. If I, from my humble little ivory debate teacher’s stump, survey “the problems of modern America”, I might place...

Deontology is, alongside Utilitarianism, one of the most common philosophical frameworks in debate. If you recall, utilitarianism is the...

In hindsight, maybe this should have been my first post. 'Sacrifice’ has always been the go-to word for this activity. This part is...

The Final Focus, Public Forum’s 2AR/2NR, is an often poorly-executed speech— yet, as the ‘tip of the spear’ and as each debate round’s...

You may have heard of utilitarianism before. You may not have. You may not be able to pronounce the word. Utilitarianism is a philosophy...

Ahh, research. Every debater— nay, every student’s fondest memory and dreamiest fantasy. Somewhere in its depths, Google has an article...

Here’s the story: we’re all gonna die. Climate change is sweeping the world. Storms, droughts, record temperatures of highs and lows:...

The Summary speech is probably the most complex of the Public Forum speeches. There’s a lot to do: collapsing on a certain argument or...