January 23, 2019

How to Answer Narrow Plans (Kenan Anderson)

In this article, Kenan breaks down some strategies on how to be prepared to answer narrow plans. From Cameroon to Honduras, Kenan takes you beyond the generic T-Shell and Kritik strategy about how you can write high quality answers that'll be useful against almost any plans.
January 3, 2019

Small School Disclosure: A Response to Stephen Scopa (Kenan Anderson)

In this article, Kenan responds to a recent article that argues against small schools disclosing. He discusses the educational, fairness, and strategic benefits of disclosure both to small schools and the community at large.
December 27, 2018

Jan/Feb Schedule and Registration Guide

As the debate season starts to turn towards our last topic and busiest season, we at Premier thought it would be helpful to compile a list […]
December 13, 2018

Disclosure: Open Source, Full Text, and More (Kenan Anderson)

In this post, Kenan talks about the rise of full-text and open source theory, what each of their strengths is and where they're still lacking.
December 6, 2018

10 Things, Princeton, Topics, etc. (Kenan Anderson)

In this 10 Things Kenan breaks down some of his concluding thoughts on Nov/Dec, the Princeton tournament, and circuit debate going forward.
November 21, 2018

Bid Tournaments Part 2: Regions (Kenan Anderson)

In the sequel to last week's post Kenan analyzes which regions have the most bids on the line, and who dominates the national circuit in general.
November 14, 2018

Bid Tournaments Part 1: Allocation and Trends (Kenan Anderson)

Kenan Anderson breaks down how the allocation of bids has shifted over the years. What tournaments are on the rise? Which are slipping? How does your state hold up in bids?
November 7, 2018

Early Aff Metagame for Nov/Dec ’18 (Kenan Anderson)

After the first major tournaments on Nov/Dec our new Associate Editor, Kenan Anderson, breaks down what affirmatives are dominating the metagame and how affirmatives are, and aren't, interpreting this resolution.