Defining the term "Democracy Assistance" is difficult as there are a number of conflicting definitions available. Richard Lappin was kind enough to provide some illumination on his definition of the term in an email exchange...
Add "certainty key" to the list of requirements when selecting your Affirmative case.
In this article, written for an upcoming edition of The Last Word published by The 3NR, I lay out the case for the importance of considering "certainty key" arguments and provide suggestions for how to go about writing them.
I try to keep up with the ongoing digitization of offline research materials. For debaters, this isn't such a big issue because of the premium placed on the recency of evidence. But the dependence on Google News, regular search engines, and Lexis can cause debaters to miss important information.
