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Lincoln–Douglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is a type of one-on-one competitive debate practiced mainly in the United States at the high school level. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic , ethical values , and philosophy . [ 1 ]
In policy debate, the negative block refers to the second negative constructive (2NC) and the first negative rebuttal (1NR). Although the two speeches are divided by a three-minute cross-examination of the 2NC, they are given back to back without the interruption of an affirmative speech. This is purposely arranged in academic policy debate to ...
Protesters rally Oct. 7 outside the Capitol against school choice programs and vouchers for private schools that many say would hurt public schools.
He argued that debate, as a form of public speaking, required debaters to publicly commit to their positions within a debate round. Quoting Brooks Quimby, a prolific debate coach at Bates College, Murphy claimed that debaters needed to be "men and women of principle" rather than "men and women trained to take either side at the flip of a coin."
Why one mom who took a 12-hour course as part of her divorce says "all programs are not created equal." ... Parent education classes have become widespread over the last 40 years, with mandated ...
One month after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion signaled that the landmark case affirming the rights of people to terminate a pregnancy would be overturned, support for legal abortions ...
Topicality is a resolution issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded. [1] To contest the topicality of the affirmative, the negative interprets a word or words in the resolution and argues that the affirmative does not meet that definition, that the interpretation is preferable, and that non-topicality should be a voting issue.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steven Bannon discussed whether a "national divorce" was the right course of action for the country after the congresswoman posted a Twitter poll about a possible ...