Pro­posed 2011 – 2012 CX Res­o­lu­tions
China, UN, Over­seas Devel­op­ment, Latin Amer­ica, and Rus­sia are the pro­posed topic areas for the 2011 – 2012 pol­icy debate topic. Geor­gia Foren­sics Daily has the topic word­ings.

J.W. Pat­ter­son Retires
Tour­na­ment of Cham­pi­ons founder and long-time Uni­ver­sity of Ken­tucky debate coach is retir­ing.
[via Global Debate Blog]

Evi­dence and Intel­lec­tual Dis­hon­esty
The 3NR has a post about evi­dence and intel­lec­tual dis­hon­esty. The stuff about hypo­thet­i­cals and mis­rep­re­sent­ing inter­nal links will be more inter­est­ing the Pub­lic Forum Debaters than the stuff about extinction.