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Crossfire Briefs — February 2010 Now Complete

by PFDebate LLC on February 4, 2010

Cross­fire Briefs — Feb­ru­ary 2010 (Lob­by­ists) is now com­plete (Cross­fire Briefs and Cross­fire Update). The index is now avail­able as a free down­load.

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Free February 2010 Topic Resources

by PFDebate LLC on February 3, 2010

Free topic resources for the Feb­ru­ary 2010 (Lob­by­ing) topic include:

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The NFL Wants To Give Away Pepsi’s Money

February 2, 2010

The NFL is a final­ist for Pepsi’s Refresh Every­thing grant, which helps groups from across the coun­try improve their local com­mu­ni­ties. The NFL’s pro­posal will cre­ate weekend-long com­mu­ni­ca­tion lead­er­ship sum­mits in six major cities for stu­dents and teach­ers in Title I schools. Most of the grant money will be given directly to stu­dents, teach­ers, and […]

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March 2010 Topic Announced

February 1, 2010

Resolved: Affir­ma­tive action to pro­mote equal oppor­tu­nity in the United States is justified.

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Crossfire Briefs — December 2009 Free Download

February 1, 2010

The Decem­ber 2009 (Merit Pay) edi­tion of Cross­fire Briefs is now avail­able as a free download.

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Wasting Prep Time 1-28-2010

January 28, 2010

A Mod­est Pro­posal: Let Cor­po­ra­tions Vote
An inter­est­ing response to Cit­i­zens United vs. Fed­eral Elec­tions Com­mis­sion.
Econ­o­mists’ Rap Bat­tle Gains Cred From Ke$ha’s Nod
A rap bat­tle between Friedrich von Hayek and John May­nard Keynes.
Was Col­lege Really Worth It?
Hmm.
10 Best Songs About Libraries and Librar­i­ans
Who thought that there were even 10 songs about libraries and librar­i­ans?
Intel­lec­tual Boys by […]

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Jonathan Peele Speaks Out On Public Forum Topic Selection Process

January 25, 2010

To the Foren­sics Com­mu­nity:
As a mem­ber of the NFL Pub­lic Forum word­ing com­mit­tee, I would like to take a moment to sound an alarm over our deeply flawed topic selec­tion process. As many of you puz­zled over the deci­sion to revisit lob­by­ing as a topic (pre­vi­ously debated in Jan­u­ary 2007), you almost cer­tainly are not […]

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Evidence: Afghan Opium Will Pay For The Next Attack On The U.S.

January 22, 2010

Peters in 2009,
Gretchen Peters [Jour­nal­ist Who Cov­ers Afghanistan and Pak­istan. Author of Seeds of Ter­ror]. “Heroin, The Tal­iban and the ‘Seeds of Ter­ror.’” NPR’s Fresh Air. Inter­view by Dave Davies. May 11, 2009. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=103957098. Accessed Jan­u­ary 21, 2010.
DAVIES: But where is the heroin that’s used in Amer­ica come from if not from the opium in Afghanistan?
Ms. […]

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Crossfire Briefs — February 2010

January 20, 2010

Cross­fire Briefs  —  Feb­ru­ary 2010 (Orga­nized Polit­i­cal Lob­by­ing) is now avail­able for pur­chase and imme­di­ate download.

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Wisconsin Crowns State Champions

January 20, 2010

Last month the Wis­con­sin State Debate Tour­na­ment was held at South Mil­wau­kee High School.
In the final round, Lin­gran Kong & Valerie Shen from James Madi­son Memo­r­ial defeated Rachel Wilkin­son & Alexis Wilkin­son from Nico­let to win the Wis­con­sin state cham­pi­onship in Pub­lic Forum Debate.
Octa­fi­nals
(1) James Madi­son Memo­r­ial KS advances with­out debat­ing
(2) Nico­let WW advances without […]

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