Casey Harrigan, head coach of the Georgia Debate Union, recently recorded a podcast with Bob Jordan of PFDebate.com covering recent controversy in Public Forum debate in high school over the merits of switch side debating. Check it out here.

Paperless debate need not be derided simply as a time-wasting exercise from the perspective of the judge. Rather there are at least three benefits that paperless debate represents for the critic...

The discussion about judge choice has been pretty interesting. To consolidate and improve the dicussion, I've created a new thread with a summary of my main responses to critics. Full read within.

Also - the picture I've chosen for this post has nothing to do with its content -- I just think its pretty sweet.

Easy way to win more debates: don’t be one-dimensional. Offering tips for incorporating more diverse arguments.