Recent Exercises

  • Binghamton Semifinal: A Better Debate

    Here’s a better debate from Binghamton. The debaters still need to work on clear linkages of their arguments to the issues at hand or the issues that are…

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  • Binghamton tournament reflections

    It’s been a couple of days since Binghamton, which I thought ran quite well. There were of course, some issues that I think American debating could do without,…

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  • On the Frontier of American Debate

    A Look at Downtown Billings, Montana, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last weekend, I was at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana to conduct a debate workshop and scrimmage…

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  • Urban Legend and the Sad Truth

    Nobody to my knowledge has done any research or collected any data on the social norms, stories, and narratives that accompany debating tournaments. I do know of one…

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  • Podium Web Series on Rhetoric and Debate

    On campus early today to participate in filming a new web series about public speaking, debate, and political discourse. I am even wearing a jacket, which lets you…

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  • Fear the Sophist

    We were turned down for a grant. I sat in a room with my colleagues and University representatives as we stared at a phone. On the other end…

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