Ryan Galloway is the Director of Debate at Samford University. One of the most well respected coaches and judges in the country, Galloway won the 2013 Ziegemueller coach of the year award at the National Debate Tournament. He has also judged the final round of the NDT a record eight times and was named the third best judge of the 2000-2010 decade. He has coached several NDT qualifiers, and has

Topic Lectures Michigan Debate Camp   DebateUS Lectures Topicality – DebateUS! Files  United States Federal Government Should Reduce *Reduce means the plan has to break a current contract *Reduce means the plan has to break a proposed contract *Reduce means a reduction from proposed future sales *Reduce means less, not a freeze/suspension “Reduce” Essay Substantially *Substantially means without material qualification — no condition on the reduction *Substantially means X%+ *Substantially means

Dave Arnett is the Director of Debate at the University of Kentucky. Before arriving at Kentucky, Dave was the Director of Debate at UC Berkeley for twelve years. On 14 occasions, his teams have been ranked in the top 16 (US), including 10 top five teams, and 3 overall number one rankings. His teams have won almost every major college tournament in the US including Dartmouth, Harvard, Northwestern, and Wake Forest. He

Someone asked me if I still had the old Consult NATO essay that Dan Shalmon wrote in 1998.  I do!   By Dan Shalmon, University of California at Berkeley (1998) Introduction The NATO founding Treaty requires consultation between the allied partners. Relevant parts of the treaty that speak to the importance of consultation include: “The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing