Recent Exercises

  • Feeling Gratitude

    But everywhere I goI see it all, I see it all‘Cause everywhere I go I can’t even hide my loveI see it all, I see it allBut everywhere…

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  • Remembering Brad Smith

    Debate has been a lot of things to me, but perhaps the most (or only) valuable thing about it has been the relationships I have made with people…

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  • The Week Ahead

    I thought I would start making the Monday post something a bit more personal and reflective, a snapshot of where my mind is for the week, and make…

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  • What’s in a Debate Name?

    Debate Coach makes me cringe for so many reasons. I’m not sure I can list them all here. The first concern with this term I share with William…

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  • We’re Hiring Someone who Does Debate, What do you Think?

    The title of this post is a note I often get. I thought I’d make my common response public. Don’t hire a debate coach to run your debate…

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  • Rhetoric, Kairos, Metallica, and PBS

    It’s 202o, so of course PBS is airing the San Francisco Symphony and Metallica’s second live concert together. Such a strange combination might just be evidence of getting…

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