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!
December 22, 2017
Bob forwards a new solution to the puzzle of combo shells. To make explicit that the strength of combo/conjunctive shells often depends on the unfairness of their component parts, debater should separate each part and argue its unfairness as a separate theory argument in addition to the conjunctive claim. He calls this a "multi shell."
December 19, 2017
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 5, 2017
This season's first edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features the Apple Valley tournament, lots of theory, small schools, women in debate, snapchat, and lots of theory.
October 10, 2017
This is Premier Debate's first panel-style post of the new season. In this edition, we probe the minds of three prominent coach-judges on the national circuit what they've seen so far on the topic and what they'd like to see at upcoming tournaments. For more on what to expect in your region, T-military only, and the roads aff, read on!
August 17, 2017
What is word economy? How can debaters improve it? Read Tess Welch's new "Debate For All" piece.
August 3, 2017
Bob dissects and rejects "neg abuse outweighs" and "1AR theory bad."
May 4, 2017
The first edition of "10 Things I Like and Don't Like" by Bob Overing features the Harvard tournament, plant pedagogy, and "1AR theory bad."
April 4, 2017
Bob summarizes some of the arguments from this season's disclosure/disclosure theory battles.
March 24, 2017
Bob breaks down the Jan-Feb meta based on his analysis of doubles participants at Cal Berkeley and Harvard. He theorizes three different categories of aff and highlights some of the differences between the east and west coast metagames.
