1. Regional Debate is Fun for Rivalries One of the many virtues of regional debate is that the fields are smaller. That means the odds of debating a team of similar caliber to you in the prelims and elims greatly increases. National tournaments are not a reliable way to get

The topic will be fine!

1. Debaters handing judges their computer to type in emails Yuck. No thanks. Not really a time saver. Don't know where your computer has been. Most judges have this information in their philosophies now. Just copy and paste it.  2. Pausing the debate for marked cards A few

I have it at 39ish AFFs with plans read in the 1st semester. Let's see how they stack up.

No long introduction for this one. Saying things candidly and in public still makes me laugh and boy oh boy is this post going to be candid.

I have some takes from the Gonzaga tournament and I am going to say them out loud.

Here are some methods and benchmarks you can employ to judge and improve your speeches on your own

Why read impact defense when you can just link turn?

Here is what I loved and/or hated vis-à-vis St. Mark's, 2018