The End of High School Debate (as We Know it)
Today's censorious debate judges are powerful mandarins. These Young Foucaultians use the debate room as a no-escape panopticon in which to "discipline and punish" political wrong-speech.
A jeremiad by champion debater turned urban debate coach James Fishback caught the debate world’s attention this week. Its headline alone speaks to the core problem in the nation writ large: At High School Debates, Debate Is No Longer Allowed.
Fishback’s courageous piece alerted me that my feature documentary Crotty’s Kids––about my speech and debate co…
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