April 18, 2008
- The Topics Not Selected
Coachean Life has a list of NCFL topic suggestions not accepted by the committee.
April 4, 2008
- New Global Warming Impact
Ted Turner (as in Ted Turner Public Forum Debate) has come up with a new impact to global warming: cannibalism.
Soylent Green is people!
[via Boing Boing]
April 1, 2008
- Pen-Spinning King
Do you think debate has made you a champion pen-spinner? Check out this guy:
Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old Japanese high school student, has become the first nationwide pen-spinning champion with such slick maneuvers, a group devoted to the pastime said on Monday.
March 31, 2008
- Economic Stewmulus
Stewie Griffin knows how to stimulate the economy.
March 14, 2008
- 3.141592653589793238462643383
Happy Pi Day.
Unfortunately, I missed Pie Day.
March 10, 2008
- Nerdy Superdelegates
Nerdy Superdelegates: These are the people that may be choosing the Democratic nominee in August.
January 7, 2008
- Menick Recants?
First he says this, now he says this.
It’s all just a cheap way to get to this.
BTW, I still don’t like this.
December 31, 2007
- Ralph Wiggum For President!
Don’t miss The Simpsons this Sunday. Ralph Wiggum is running for President of the United States. TV Squad reports:
“Ralph will announce his candidacy on the January 6th episode of The Simpsons. Actually, he isn’t the one who announces it; rather, the voters of Springfield, who reject all of the other candidates in their first primary, [...]
December 24, 2007
- Dear Santa
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You might be a debater if you quibble with Santa on the definitions of naughty and nice.
November 2, 2007
- Pen Spinning
Pen spinning is not just for debaters. Two collections of pen spinning related links were published this week:
Buzzfeed: Pen Spinning.
Metafilter: You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right RoundUnfortunately, pen spinning is not a skill that I ever mastered.
October 16, 2007
- Budget Deficit Humor
Here are some fun stories about the budget deficit:
Bush To Cut Deficit From Federal Budget
Bush Diagnosed With Attention-To-Deficit Disorder
Congress Erases Federal Deficit Using Don Lapre ‘Making Money’ SystemNovice Disclaimer: Please note that The Onion is a humor site. None of these articles should be quoted in a real debate round.
October 7, 2007
- Puppet Debates
Gordon Mitchell from the University of Pittsburgh has posted a puppet debate trailer on YouTube. The full debate is to be posted at a later date. The topic is: “This House believes the U.S. needs a President with No Strings Atached.” Personally, I think Professor Hackenbush sounds like Howard Sprague from The Andy Griffith Show.
Using [...]
September 27, 2007
- Beauty and the Geek: Opposites Attract
I’m just catching up on some television shows that I recorded earlier this week. I discovered that this week’s episode of Beauty and the Geek has the geeks rapping and the beauties debating:
The male Beauty and the female Geek, the biggest twist in the history of BEAUTY & THE GEEK, move into the mansion and [...]
September 19, 2007
- Arrr! It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Today, September 19, is International Talk Like A Pirate Day! What could be more fun than a debate practice round done in pirate speak?
The folks at Buzzfeed have a nice collection of Talk Like A Pirate Day links.
Checkout The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues by former Emory University debater, George Choundas. [...]
August 21, 2007
- How Not To Debate
This YouTube video from CNN is a good demonstration of how not to debate.
August 19, 2007
- Forensics: Episode 1
The first episode of Forensics, a serial comedy about speech and debate, has launched on YouTube.
August 2, 2007
- Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Great Debate of Our Time
Wellington Grey provides a breakdown of the arguments in the Pirates vs. Ninjas debate. His piece is appropriately titled The Great Debate of Our Time.
[via No Sheep]
July 30, 2007
- How To Prevent Squirrels From Causing Planetary Extinction
Sometimes our CX friends are just a bit too creative.
July 15, 2007
- Debate Is…
…laughing so hard your stomach hurts.
Debate class was fun, but I don’t think it was that fun.


