Category Archives: Lincoln-Douglas

Do You Struggle to Beat Non-Traditional Teams? Read this now.

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

Two days ago, HSImpact published a fairly in-depth post about debating non-traditional teams. With many more teams talking about the topic in unconventional ways (employing poetry, personal stories, changing frameworks, or even new angles on time-tested tricks) it’s especially important … Continue reading →

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A Crazy-Easy Way to Get a Better RFD

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

A few days ago, we noticed the debate Twitters-verse buzzing about one of the worst parts of competing – the unhelpful reason for decision [RFD]. What do we mean by that?

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The Surprising Bias Behind IR Kritik Authors

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

We were perusing the web today and ran into an interesting article by Stephen M. Walt over at Foreign Policy. His argument? Many of your favorite IR Kritik theorists are failing to produce policy-relevant research because of something so mundane … Continue reading →

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Why You Should Talk About Argument Theory With Your Debate Team

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

Our workshop series this season was about much more than topic preparation. Lecturers Jason Sykes (Associate Director of Debate at The Hockaday School) and Brian Lain (Director of Debate at the University of North Texas) created some innovative lessons plans … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Welcome a New Resolution (Without Losing Your Mind)

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Lauren Sabino

It’s (almost) resolution day! If the Twitter-verse is to be believed, many of you were anxiously anticipating the publication of the new Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas topics. We were right there with you:

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Fall UIL Topic Analysis is Posted!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

We’ve just posted our analysis of the fall UIL Lincoln-Douglas topic, Resolved: The Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50 (2010) ruling undermines democracy in the United States.

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Lincoln-Douglas Topic Analysis

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

Hey Debaters! Debate Central just wrapped up our first workshop of 2012! As part of our workshop series, we distributed a comprehensive topic file for Lincoln-Douglas. For the first time, we’re making our workshop resources available to YOU!

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