James Allan is an experienced and hard-working member of the policy debate community, taking part as a competitor, coach, and judge for the past nine years. He attended Lakeland High School in New York where he focused mostly on ‘traditional’ policy debate argumentation, ultimately earning one bid to the Tournament of Champions and finishing sixth overall at the NSDA Championships. In college, James pivoted towards the critical side of the argumentative

Butler — Yale Law Journal — The critique of rights has evolved to many sets of critiques.55 One description on a website curated by a group of legal theorists who teach or have taught at Harvard Law School summarizes five basic elements: (1) The discourse of rights is less useful in securing progressive social change than liberal theorists and politicians assume. (2) Legal rights are in fact indeterminate and incoherent.

The final five topics going on the ballot for the 2020-2021 debate season are: Climate Change Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase market-based regulations requiring reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Criminal Justice Reform Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing. Commercial Agriculture Resolved: The United States federal

Reduced US-Russia ties create Russia-China axis Ko Sakai, 8-17, 19, Russia is in danger of being overrun by China’s Belt and Road, https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/Russia-is-in-danger-of-being-overrun-by-China-s-Belt-and-Road TOKYO — Russia greenlighted in early July a 2,000-km highway construction project connecting the country’s border with Kazakhstan to Belarus. The four-lane highway will run west from Orenburg Province to the former Soviet republic of Belarus via several other Russian provinces. The location of the highway underscores

The following is the 2019-20 college policy debate resolution: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should establish a national space policy substantially increasing its international space cooperation with the People’s Republic of China and/or the Russian Federation in one or more of the following areas: • arms control of space weapons; • exchange and management of space situational awareness information; • joint human spaceflight for deep space exploration; • planetary

Electing Biden won’t solve structural racism Asten Herndon, 5-31-, 20, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/politics/black-americans-have-a-message-for-democrats-not-being-trump-is-not-enough.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage, New York Times, Black Americans Have a Message for Democrats: Not Being Trump Is Not Enough In Columbia, the city where Mr. Biden delivered his victory speech after the South Carolina primary just over three months ago, demonstrators on Saturday said they were demanding more than what it seemed like an election in November would deliver. Not only justice

See Also: New China files @ China is a global totalitarian threat. The US (and its allies) must challenge it, not endorse it Ben Shapiro, August 28, 2019,   Trump Is Right on the China Threat, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/28/trump_is_right_on_the_china_threat_141108.html Now, Trump’s trade policy may not be well-considered. His understanding of trade is rudimentary at best — he still operates under the assumption that mutually beneficial trade is actually a zero-sum game. And Trump’s

Due to the popularity of Taiwan cases, we have started a Taiwan Daily Update. Related: US-China conflict bibliography |  China Threat Daily Update  China Threat Disadvantage  A Couple Key Links — US Policy Great Place to Follow all Taiwan arms sales updates – Defense Industry Daily Taiwan Arms Sales    Real Clear Defense Taiwan US arms sales solve Taiwan conflict with China Magnier, Mark January 17, 2020, “US arms sales

Mexico will ratify Inside US Trade, June 14, 2019, Trump urges Congress to pass USMCA as Mexico, Canada take steps toward ratification Lopez Obrador on Monday said he could “assure” that USMCA would be ratified “in a week, or next week.” The Mexican House of Commons does not have to approve the deal for it to be ratified in Mexico. Pelosi will support The Frontrunner, 6-14, 19, Trump: House Democrats

Saudi Arabia Daily Update    Taiwan Daily Update   China Daily Update  Capitalism is responsible for arms sales Sayed Zubhar Ahmed, January 23, 2020,  https://dailytimes.com.pk/544845/towards-reinventing-peace/, Daily Times, Toward Reinventing Peace, https://dailytimes.com.pk/544845/towards-reinventing-peace/ We often come across the triumph of capitalism over communism – the main mechanism of the modern market economy. Some label it a deplorable badge of shame and humiliation, either way, five US companies are listed among the world’s largest