Specific Arguments

Space Exploration

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase itsexploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth's mesosphere.

Infrastructure

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.

Topic Archive

Read-only archive of previous topics

1. Weapons of Mass Destruction
2. Mental Health
3. Ocean Policy
4. United Nations
5. National Service
6. Poverty
7. Military Deployment
8. Alternative Energy
9. Africa
10. Civil Liberties

Disadvantages and Counterplans

Discuss direct consequences and indirect (opportunity) costs of various plans.

Critiques

Most attempts to define fall short. Discuss arguments that fall outside of traditional debate taxonomy and learn the theory behind them.

Topicality and Procedurals

What does the resolution mean? What other procedural issues are important?