Impact Debating Beyond The Label

Let’s talk about how we can do impact debating better.

Leveling Up Your Debate Software

In this post, we will go over nine pieces of customized software that you can use to simplify and speed up various elements of your debate workflow.

The Mailbox—#2

Answers to your questions about counter-advocacies, competition, and burdens of proof.

Permutations from A to Z—Perm: Do the CP, Part 2

In this post, we will practice putting a perm: do the CP strategy into action by reviewing some speech documents from the most talented, intelligent, and hard-working debate teams in the country.

Intro to IPR, Part 3—Holdup, Holdout

How might the strength or weakness of protection affect the incentive-based arguments for and against IP? To better understand this, we will look briefly at the history of patent protection in the United States, and explore two critical concepts in depth: patent holdup and patent holdout.

Case Brief—ClearCorrect v. ITC

In this entry, we'll cover ClearCorrect v. ITC - a case on IP enforcement that might be fertile ground for aff-writing.

Permutations from A to Z—Perm: Do the CP, Part 1

In part 1, we learned how competition arguments work when dealing with CP strategies that put their disagreement with the 1AC relatively front-and-center. In this part, we'll learn what to do when the differences aren't so obvious.

The Mailbox—#1

Responding to submissions from the mailbox.

A New IPR Process CP—Practice!

Today, we will go through our new process CP file in more detail, practice giving a neg block, and practice giving a 2NR on competition.

Permutations from A to Z—Back to Basics

In this series, we will develop a rigorous approach for choosing a permutation strategy vs any modern process CP. In part one, we will go back to basics, rebuilding our foundational knowledge of competition theory.