January 16, 2019

Breaking Onto The Circuit (Noah Gallagher)

In this article guest author, Noah Gallagher describes the challenges he faced as he led his team in establishing a circuit presence for the first time. He also outlines how the LD community can make the activity more accessible.
November 1, 2018

10 Things: Bronx, Nov-Dec, etc. (Bob Overing)

This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Bronx, food, theory, and some predictions about the fast-approaching Apple Valley tournament.
September 25, 2018

10 Things I Like and Don’t Like, featuring Yale ’18 (Bob Overing)

This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Yale, advocacy/inherency problems on SO18, metagame shifts, and more...
May 2, 2018

Unbroken Case Contest 2018

Your unbroken case may never win a debate round, but it can still win our hearts as the champion of the unbroken case contest! Click for details.
March 8, 2018

Three Rankings Reactions, Plus TOC Speculation (Bob Overing)

In this lull before the season-ending championships, I want to take a moment to congratulate Premier alums, the best non-seniors, and the young women atop the standings. Then I’ll do a little fun speculation about how competitive this year’s TOC could be!
February 23, 2018

10 Things I Like and Don’t Like, featuring Harvard ’18 (Bob Overing)

This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Harvard, the good Samaritan paradox, Success Academy, Dartmouth's 1983 teams, and more!
January 31, 2018

Defense of the First-Person Plural (Tess Welch)

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 25, 2018

2018 Peninsula Invitational Finalist Interviews

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.
December 22, 2017

2017 Blake Finalist Interviews

Note: if you have questions you’d like us to ask, please let us know here, and we’ll ask them during the next set of tourney interviews! Finalist […]
December 19, 2017

10 Things I Like and Don’t Like (John Scoggin)

This season's second edition of "10 Things" by John Scoggin features util debates, the single-season bid record, tournament hospitality, and women in debate.
November 16, 2017

2017 Scarsdale Finalist Interviews

Note: if you have questions you’d like us to ask, please let us know here, and we’ll ask them during the next set of tourney interviews! Finalist Interviews […]
November 13, 2017

2017 Damus Finalist Interviews

Note: if you have questions you’d like us to ask, you can submit them here, and we’ll ask them during the next set of tourney interviews! Due to […]