Back from Birth and PDF to Word Computer

So, I was due to have a baby on April 12, but she decided to arrive about seven weeks early!  Mackenzie Claire was born on February 19 at 32 weeks and 4 days…I was in the hospital for about a week and she was in for three, but we are both at home and doing [...]

Competition or Education – A response to SoCal-LD.net

An interesting and challenging question was posed over at SoCal-LD.net on the Teleology of Debate.  I have struggled with this in my own coaching, not only in debate but also in IEs.  After all, everything we do in forensics is highly formulaic and not necessarily what works best in the “real world”.  But, I think [...]

Shout out – SocalLD.net NFA LD blog

I think I mentioned this blog a while back, but in June of this year Danny Cantrell of Cerritos College set up a blog dedicated to NFA-LD.  This is a great resource for those just getting started in NFA LD, but also has many a fruitful discussion for team policy debaters and parliamentary debaters.  Currently, [...]