Archive for December, 2007
Write Next Year’s Topic!
From the Dec NFA Newsletter: ——————– CALL FOR TOPICS: 2008-2009 A CALL FOR TOPICS will be included in the NFA Fall mailing requesting each school that has an interest in and an intent to participate in LD Debate in the following academic year to submit a topic area for consideration to the Chair of the [...]
China Disadvantage Info
Here is an interesting article regarding the ever popular china disadvantage. The basic thesis is that right now China is using its soft power in the world to gain advantage through influence in Africa. US policy promotes the US at the expense of China so China moves from soft power to hard power… bad consequences [...]
Unintended Consequences of Targeted Aid
Excellent article in the LA Times this past Sunday discussing how targeted aid does not always help. This would be a great update to some of the generic aid bad neg cards that debaters have been running. Share on Facebook
Africa – all good?
Here is an interesting article in the Boston Globe describing how countries in Africa have turned around their economies – and why “discussions regarding aid” may be doing more harm than good. Talk about some great neg cards to use against ANY case. By many standards, Africa is doing better than it has in decades. [...]
Economist Background on EU-Africa Summit
As I have said many times and will continue to say, I think the economist is the single best news source for college debaters doing parli or nfa-ld. Here is an excellent article discussing the recent EU-Africa summit. Definitely some good counter-plan arguments here (have EU do the plan!). For the Europeans are increasingly worried [...]
Female Circumcision
This is one of those cases that many debaters find difficult to debate – but I think that’s mainly because we often do not read articles or come across the various arguments for and against – it’s just a taboo subject and that’s unfortunate. It’s a real debated issue in the Greater Horn and something [...]
Some interesting articles
Millennium Challenge Corporation – not getting the job done Interesting article here in the International Herald Tribune regarding US aid to Africa and how slow things have been going. Might make some interesting NEG solvency cards – normal means = SLOOOOOWWWW East Africa: Holmes Warns On Humanitarian Outlook Here (second article here)is some analysis of [...]
Bush Popular in Africa
If only his poll numbers in the US were high! Here is an interview with Lieutenant General Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Botswana, at the Council on Foreign Relations website. I always find these helpful on foreign policy topics – understanding what people in the area you are debating are talking about and [...]
PSCFA Fall Champs
Congratulations to all the competitors in NFA-LD at PSCFA Fall Champs. There were 11 entries once the rounds started due to a couple of drops because debaters were in parli quarterfinals. After four rounds of competition, the tournament held one final round. Adam Fluke (4-0 prelim record) from Northern Arizona University prevailed as Affirmative over [...]
Evidence
Here are some end of the Semester tidbits to keep the creative juices going over the break, looking forward to another semester of NFA-LD in Cali! Victimization Kritik Rent Seeking BioTech Add On Drought Insurance NEG Coral Disad Share on Facebook
