Answering the Putin DA
How should we strategize when confronted with a core topic generic DA?
Lincoln Garrett
What Does Debate Camp Predict About the High School Topic?
Teams prepping based on assumptions formed at debate camp are missing some important opportunities on both sides.
Radical Reform Ideas for College Debate
19 ideas for shaking up the landscape of college debate.
What Does It Take to Become a Faster Speaker?
A science-based take on improving your spreading.
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.