The Decem­ber 2006 issue of The Ros­trum arrived this week­end. There are two arti­cles that caught my attention.

The first is a schol­arly arti­cle by Dr. Kevin Minch titled The Value of Speech, Debate, and The­ater Activ­i­ties. The arti­cle out­lines the edu­ca­tional value of foren­sics edu­ca­tion by sum­ma­riz­ing the the research in the field. The arti­cle has an impres­sive ref­er­ence list.

The sec­ond arti­cle is by Dr. Rich Edwards and explores an issue we have men­tioned recently: the use of com­put­ers in debate. In Why Com­put­ers Won’t Destroy CX Debate, Dr. Edwards out­lines the ben­e­fits and debunks the myths sur­round­ing the use of of com­put­ers in pol­icy debate.