1AC Contest Winner Case: The Dire Doctrine — Jonathan Edelblut
The following case is the 2010 Ethos 1AC Contest winner […] The post 1AC Contest Winner Case: The Dire Doctrine — Jonathan Edelblut appeared first on Ethos Publications.
View ArticleWhat “Timeline” Should I Put in My Mandates
We received the following question from one of our peep […] The post What “Timeline” Should I Put in My Mandates appeared first on Ethos Publications.
View ArticleDo I Need a Specific Plan Advocate: An Argument for Advocacy
As many of you are still rewriting your affirmative cas […] The post Do I Need a Specific Plan Advocate: An Argument for Advocacy appeared first on Ethos Publications.
View ArticleCheck Up on Your Advocacy
I am not writing this to convince you that a plan advoc […] The post Check Up on Your Advocacy appeared first on Ethos Publications.
View ArticleStrike Three You’re Out – The Case to Eliminate Peremptory Challenges
Remember how Ethos is not a sourcebook company anymore? […] The post Strike Three You’re Out – The Case to Eliminate Peremptory Challenges appeared first on Ethos Publications.
View ArticleHow to Respond to Every Argument, Ever
It was 10:30 pm at NITOC 2016, and I was about to give the last speech of the last out round of the day. I had almost everything prepared. Almost. The problem was, Neg had run an argument that I just...
View ArticleCrash Course Guide to Better Rebuttals: Part 2
In my last post, I laid out a clear case concerning why rebuttals deserve more attention from debaters, and listed five key fundamentals of national-class rebuttals. This post will look at the...
View ArticleSpikes, Part 2: The 2AC
Last time, we introduced spikes and preemption, and saw what they look like in the 1AC. Today, we move to the 2AC, and next time we’ll talk about Neg. 2AC spikes exist to mitigate the Neg block by...
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