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Category Archives: Free Evidence
March 2015 PF Topic Analysis is Published!
Public Forum debaters, beef up your March cases with our free guide to the topic, “Resolved: In the United States, students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a community or technical college.” This breakdown features all … Continue reading
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March/April 2015 LD Topic Analysis is Published!
Get ready for those important March/April debate tournaments with our free topic guide! This guide offers a thorough introduction to the current Lincoln-Douglas debate topic, “Resolved: A Just Government Ought to Require Employers to Pay a Living Wage.” Our … Continue reading
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January/February 2015 LD Topic Analysis is Published!
2015 will kick off with the Lincoln-Douglas debate resolution “Resolved: A Just Government Ought to Require Employers to Pay a Living Wage.” Today, we’re releasing our guide to building a solid case, so you can start your second semester off … Continue reading
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November 2014 PF Con Analysis is Published!
Earlier this week, we posted our guide to debating the pro side of the November 2014 Public Forum debate resolution, “Resolved: On balance, the benefits of genetically modified foods outweigh the harms.” Today, we’re releasing the con side topic … Continue reading
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November 2014 PF Pro Analysis is Published!
The beginning of November means a new topic for Public Forum debaters! The current resolution is “Resolved: On balance, the benefits of genetically modified foods outweigh the harms.” This is a topic that touches on a number of interesting … Continue reading
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Free Evidence: Nuclear Power Aff- Full File
Many of you are still searching for the perfect affirmative case to run on this year’s 2014-2015 policy debate topic, Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth’s oceans. … Continue reading
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Free Evidence: Global Warming, Both Directions- Full Files
Frequent Debate Central readers understand the importance of carrying solid, up-to-date impact files. That’s why we want to help you get a jump on a topic policy debaters will likely be debating a lot this season: climate change. Today, we’re … Continue reading
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