One of the more difficult things to teach in debate is how to properly execute a cross-examination that is effective and useful.
1. There is no shame in asking clarification questions: If you don’t know what your opponent is talking about, make them explain it to you in cx. You can’t win if you don’t understand […]
I don’t know how many rounds I’ll be judging at the TOC, but I will recuse myself from judging anyone VBI has hired for this upcoming summer. I don’t know which of these people will actually be at the TOC, but here is the list:
Nathan Abell - Marcus
Matt Aks - Scarsdale
Micki Chernick - Lexington
Joseph Clifton […]
The past two weekends I had the opportunity to judge for the Middle School Debate Program (a program completely separate from the NFL or Junior NFL). I have many thoughts about how wonderful the league is, but I will hopefully have the time to post something in support of them sooner rather than later. […]
Some say that one of the main differences between science and philosophy is that science makes progress while philosophers go round in circles endlessly discussing the same questions. Toni Vogel Carey isn’t convinced.
Hm.. Sound familiar?
Philosophy Now
To the people who are claiming some vast conspiracy on VBD to provide biased information, here is how I see it:
1. Not a single person who believes there is vast VB consipiracy to use VBD as some insidious brainwashing tool has ever ever contacted me with interest in contributing a piece to VBD.
2. […]
I am still in the process of sending out Skyway Invitations. With grandpa’s sudden sickness and week-long waiting for his time to move on, I really got behind on some things. By tomorrow I will have all of the invitations out. If people confirm by the end of next week, then I can continue to […]