Archive forDecember, 2010

DEBATE-Kansas City held the high school policy debate portion of its annual City Championship December 4th, 2010 on the campus of UMKC. Teams from across the city gathered to debate about the United States military presence around the globe. The tournament was graciously sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. DKC tried something new [...]

The debate over Bush tax cuts has been getting heated. The President and Republicans recently reached a deal where tax cuts would be kept for all (including the controversial breaks of high-end earners) while unemployment would be extended, along with other middle tax cuts. The deal is not official and not everyone is happy about. [...]

Escalating tension in North Korea has a direct and obvious influence on this year’s debate topic. We have prepared a December file update useful for policy and congressional debaters. It contains a few cards about the recent tension in Korea, a China counter plan designed to be run against Korea and Japan affirmatives and some updates [...]