February 5, 2017
"What is an a priori anyway?" Noah Simon asks and answers the basic definitional question while presenting a nuanced distinction between two types of a prioris. His distinction provides insight into how debaters and theorists should approach a prioris moving forward.
February 5, 2017
Main Tournament Round 1 Pairings | Results Round 2 Pairings | Results Round 3 Pairings | Results Round 4 Pairings | Results Round 5 Pairings | Results […]
January 31, 2017
Via Derek Zhang: Are you looking for a coach or mentor to help you navigate your debate career? Connect Debate is an organization that seeks to […]
January 20, 2017
The first edition of "10 Things I Like and Don't Like" by Bob Overing features the Harvard-Westlake tournament, K vs Theory debates, "We," and more...
January 17, 2017
Main Tournament Round 1 Pairings | Results Round 2 Pairings | Results Round 3 Pairings | Results Round 4 Pairings | Results Round 5 Pairings Partial Double-Octafinals […]
January 17, 2017
Lexington Finalist Interviews Nina Potischman (Hunter NP), Co-Champion Question: What did you find the hardest case to answer at this tournament? Nina Potischman: Probably Scarsdale’s constitutionality […]
January 16, 2017
Bob issues a public challenge to inadequate disclosers to debate him on the merits of disclosure.
January 13, 2017
Finalist Interviews Jack Wareham (Oakwood Secondary School – North Hollywood JW), Champion Question: Was there a particular round you debated at this tournament in which you […]
January 8, 2017
Bob stakes out a spectrum of possible disclosure practices and defines three thematic divides to characterize the debates on disclosure. He defends a middle-ground approach to disclosure and clarifies exactly which practices that entails.
December 30, 2016
Bob's second post in response to Chris Kymn on disclosure theory applies the framework from Section 1 to out-of-round theory, forwards five reasons why theory is a superior option for this kind of unfairness, and analogizes out-of-round behavior causing in-round unfairness to the use of PEDs in sporting events.
December 29, 2016
Bob's first post in response to Chris Kymn on disclosure summarizes previous arguments about the nature of fairness and theory debates, setting up the framework for the next post.
