Instructional
One Small step for… NFA-LD?
Alright! Our first poll is finished at SoCal-LD.net and our community topic for next year that we’ll submit is on Space Exploration. Here are the requirements for the brief due by Jan 31 – so we have about two weeks. In order to be accepted for consideration, the topic area must be in the form [...]
Freight Mobility Case
Here is another case idea that I’ve come across – a case surrounding freight mobility. While the article is rather light on specifics I imagine if you did a little bit of research you’d be able to find some policy recommendations. Panelists discussed the need for a national freight vision as critical to the future [...]
Introduction to Debate
From talking to lots of coaches in Southern California it seems that some programs are approaching NFA-LD as a “spring semester” event – with the idea that we get our students warmed up in the fall and then do a big push to get the event ready for state/nationals over break in the spring. While [...]
Looking for Hired Judges? Want to be a hired judge?
I’m happy to announce my next project is ready to roll out as a beta site for the Spring 2010 semester – JudgeHarmony.com JudgeHarmony solves the #1 problem tournament directors and coaches face – finding enough judges for upcoming tournaments. The site is available for middle school, high school and college tournaments. We also solve [...]
Case Idea? Require broadband…
Not sure if this would be topical or not but it sounds really interesting – require any new construction to install broadband telecommunications cables. My initial thought is that this is a perfect example of reforming the infrastructure. Currently, highways are not required to have broadband – this reform will require them which will greatly [...]
Writing a Disadvantage
So on this year’s topic you should have a wide range of generic positions to run against almost any case. Because the affirmative could, realistically, run a new plan every single round, it’s going to be very common for you to debate against cases you have little to no evidence against. In that instance you [...]
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year’s celebration tonight. Just a reminder that the contest for the timer and the potential topic for next year closes tonight! So far we’ve had about 5 guesses and 3 potential topics… get your suggestions in! Share on Facebook
Write Next Year’s Topic
LINCOLN DOUGLAS TOPIC SELECTION 2010-2011: A CALL FOR TOPICS will be included in the NFA Fall mailing requesting each school that has an interest in and intends to participate in LD Debate during the following academic year to submit a topic area for consideration to the Chair of the NFA Lincoln-Douglas Committee (Dr. Vicki Karns) [...]
Climate Change case?
Looking for something new to run in the Spring? Here is a new report linking climate change and transportation. Might be a fun way to integrate the global warming debate into your rounds. It even has a great states counterplan answer right in the executive summary! Climate must be taken into account Because transportation infrastructure [...]
Speaker Responsibilities
For those of you who are new to debate or new to NFA-LD I thought it may be helpful to walk through each of the six speeches in NFA-LD and discuss, in detail, the different responsibilities and goals of each speech. I’ve discussed these in brief in this series before but wanted to expand each [...]
Space Tourism – Run before 2012, or it won’t matter!
Longtime fans of this site, or people who have hung around the circuit long enough know that I have a tendency to write strange cases. Earlier this semester, I threw together a case as a handout for my Argumentation & Debate course. The case took me about 30 minutes to write (Lexis Nexis for the [...]
Judge Training Feature
One of the reasons I’m really liking this topic is the opportunity we have this year to really branch out with our judging pools. I’d be remiss to not mention the fact that I’m shamelessly stealing this idea from Dr. Kasle at Riverside who was able to arrange for an excellent presentation from the Federal [...]
