January 31, 2018
Tess Welch defends the use of a first-person plural in LD on the grounds that it is a more accurate description, connotes more power and authority, and encourages the use of consistent gender-neutral pronouns.
January 26, 2018
Kevin Li (Stuyvesant KL) championed the Columbia University Invitational. In this interview, Kevin discusses his tournament experience, aggressive RFDs, and flexible debate styles.
January 25, 2018
Finalists at Peninsula, Viren Abhyankar (Northwood VA) and Patrick Aimone (Servite PA) discuss their tournament experience, run to finals, and debate strategy. They also touch upon disclosure and accessibility, respectively.
January 19, 2018
Bob argues that "object fiat" is a conceptually confusing and misleading term. It may be that "object fiat" just refers to counterplans that we don't like.
January 18, 2018
Chaminade CP RA defeated Newark Science BA on a 2-1 to win the Harvard-Westlake Debates. In this special finalist video interview, the two discuss the tournament and their positions, with an in-depth analysis of the final round.
January 17, 2018
Jack Stern, finalist at the College Prep Invitational, shares his perspective on the tournament and the topic in this interview.
January 12, 2018
Bob's holiday disclosure post series continues in 2018 with 10 things he likes and doesn't like about current disclosure practices and the LD metagame. Drawing on disclosure from Blake and CPS, Bob covers advantage counterplans, open source, how to account for theory in metagame analyses, and more!
January 12, 2018
Announcements regarding our new website, Summer 2018, and Premier Debate Coaching.
