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 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.
February 27, 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."
February 5, 2017
"What is an a priori anyway?" Noah Simon asks and answers the basic definitional question while presenting a nuanced distinction between two types of a prioris. His distinction provides insight into how debaters and theorists should approach a prioris moving forward.
January 20, 2017
The first edition of "10 Things I Like and Don't Like" by Bob Overing features the Harvard-Westlake tournament, K vs Theory debates, "We," and more...
January 16, 2017
Bob issues a public challenge to inadequate disclosers to debate him on the merits of disclosure.
January 8, 2017
Bob stakes out a spectrum of possible disclosure practices and defines three thematic divides to characterize the debates on disclosure. He defends a middle-ground approach to disclosure and clarifies exactly which practices that entails.
December 30, 2016
Bob's second post in response to Chris Kymn on disclosure theory applies the framework from Section 1 to out-of-round theory, forwards five reasons why theory is a superior option for this kind of unfairness, and analogizes out-of-round behavior causing in-round unfairness to the use of PEDs in sporting events.
December 29, 2016
Bob's first post in response to Chris Kymn on disclosure summarizes previous arguments about the nature of fairness and theory debates, setting up the framework for the next post.
