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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Announcing the 2012 Young Patriots Essay Contest!

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

The National Center for Policy Analysis and Debate Central are proud to announce the 2012 Young Patriots Essay Contest!

The topic of this year’s essay contest is:  “What is the proper role of the government in insuring people against major social risks?”

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Skyline Workshop Date Change

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

Debate Central is moving the Skyline High School workshop back a week to accommodate more students. The new date will be September 8th. All other details remain the same.

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Message to Debaters on the Economics of the Transportation Infrastructure Topic

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

A large part of part of Debate Central’s mission is bringing you current, in-depth information directly from experts. This year, we’re proud to release our economic analysis of the topic, “Message to Debaters on the Economics of the 2012-2013 Debate Topic.” This brief paper, written just for you by transportation and urban growth expert Randal O’Toole of the Cato Institute, is meant for debaters to use as a research resource, background paper, and comprehensive study of this year’s cross-examination topic:

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Announcing Free Workshops for 2012

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

Debate Central is proud to announce the dates of our two free workshops for the 2012-13 season! Continue reading →

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Young Patriots Essay Contests: Winning Entries

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

The top three essays (out of more than 500 entries) are posted below the fold and at the top of our main page of Educational publications! These students earned more than $6,000 in college scholarship money.

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April PFD Topic Analysis

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Lauren Sabino

Our free analysis of April’s Public Forum debate topic, Resolved: State mandated administration of childhood vaccinations is justified, is posted here!

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