After last month's debacle of the NFL's Policy topic change, there is now an opportunity for schools to earn a $500 grant for using the topic "Resolved: An Islamic cultural center should be built near Ground Zero" in a community event. (Or schools may "propose an alternative, related topic.") This is a nationwide public debate initiative to discuss the Park51 proposal. The rul
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.
The National Forensic League has released new topics for the months of November-December (depending on the event). They have also changed their November topic.
For those with the intention of having great success in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, there is a commonly accepted set of “key philosophers” which will be seen quite often. While the list could be expanded on forever, ones that every debater need to know for sure are:
