What Does It Take to Become a Faster Speaker?
A science-based take on improving your spreading.
Lincoln Garrett
Kentucky '25 Musings
What we can learn from the end of the beginning of the season.
Kentucky RR '25 According to the Docs
Attached to this post is every document from the 2025 Kentucky Round Robin. I read every one and looked at every debate. We are going to talk about what each debate revealed and who won on doc quality.
Winning On Democracy Bad
Making the world safe for autocracy!
Consult Natives on the Arctic Topic
A dissection of what it takes to construct a threatening consult CP strategy.
Musings on the Northwestern Season Opener '25
The first in a series of reflections on the arguments and strategic evolutions of college tournaments from Lincoln Garrett.
Some Site News!
Please welcome Truf's college debate coach Lincoln Garrett as a site contributor, and a few announcements.
Somebody Has to Say It - Musings on the '21/'22 Topic
I do remember how to write. The end of the year and participating in the NDT has led to a critical mass of thoughts that the internet has to hear. Note while I am obligated to say what I am saying (see title), you are not obligated to click or
NDT '21 Takes
The NDT is over. Many seasons have come to an end. Everyone can take a breath. You made it to the end. An honest to goodness season occurred over zoom. There are no asterisks here. People found a way to work hard when some were never in the same room
The Topic is Topics
This post occurred to me around the time water resources was announced as next year’s high school topic, but I had not sat down to write it until now. There are two areas I wanted to speak to. One concerns discourse on whether a topic is good or bad