by Thaddeus Tague | Sep 15, 2018 | Best Resources, Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, NCFCA Resolutions, Negative, Research, Stoa Resolutions, Tournaments
The Ethos Sourcebooks are up for purchase! Are you ready for this debate season to get started?? Ethos has a long legacy of publishing only the best content. We put together an all-star team of researchers to do some intensive research for the Stoa and NCFCA... 
by Harrison Durland | Jul 16, 2018 | Affirmatives, NCFCA Resolutions, Uncategorized
Resolved: When in conflict, governments should value fair trade above free trade. Trade, especially when it has gotten freer, has empirically tended to be one of the most beneficial economic processes in the past few millennia. But to skip the flowery review of... 
by Anna Johansen | May 12, 2018 | LD, NCFCA Resolutions
Voting for next year’s NCFCA debate resolutions is still open! Be sure to read our analysis of the TP options, too, and cast your vote before the polls close next week, May 21st. . A. Resolved: When in conflict, rationalism ought to be valued above empiricism. Noah... 
by Anna Johansen | May 9, 2018 | NCFCA Resolutions, TP
The saga continues. We now turn to NCFCA’s proposed debate resolutions for the 2018-2019 season. A. Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its policy toward one or more of the countries in the Economic Community of West African... 
by Noah Farley | Aug 25, 2017 | Nationalism v. Globalism LD 17-18
In most value resolutions, the things we compare tend to be both very positive. Liberal arts vs Practical skills. National security vs freedom of the press. Needs of the public and private property rights. But this year’s NCFCA resolution is a bit different, As I... 
by emilyerose | Aug 4, 2017 | Higher Education TP 17-18
The first canon of rhetoric is discovery. This means that before communicating any idea to someone, we need to spend time researching, learning, and discovering. When preparing for a new debate topic, that means viewing our research as exploration, not shopping. We...