November 14, 2018
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 9, 2018
For debaters and judges who flow on a laptop, Flexcel is a great new tool you need to check out.
November 1, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Bronx, food, theory, and some predictions about the fast-approaching Apple Valley tournament.
October 23, 2018
The topic for today is what to make of arguments like “your interpretation X leads to Y bad thing” and the common response “but you could read theory on Y bad thing.” Bob likes the former (sometimes) but the latter never.
September 25, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Yale, advocacy/inherency problems on SO18, metagame shifts, and more...
September 19, 2018
Bob challenges the use of abbreviated arguments or "enthymemes" in contemporary kritik debate. On his view, they discourage innovation and clash, exclude debaters, and emphasize the judge's knowledge over the skill of the debaters.
September 10, 2018
Get out the vote! NSDA topic voting closes tomorrow. Click to read John's picks for the best topics for 2018-2019.
September 6, 2018
Bob gives some preliminary thoughts on the new LD topic along with a preview of upcoming content and job opportunities at Premier.
March 24, 2018
Bob argues that the current LD metagame requires a level of argument flexibility unseen in the history of LD. He predicts this year's TOC champ will demonstrate that flexibility and then isolates three factors that could explain why the metagame is where it is today.
February 23, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Harvard, the good Samaritan paradox, Success Academy, Dartmouth's 1983 teams, and more!
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.
