Hopkins Seeks Director of Debate

Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota is seeking a new Director of Debate. Hopkins is a program that has been competitive on both the regional and national levels for a number of years. There is a great group of returning students who are both enthusiastic and have tremendous competitive potential. The Parents Group and Administration are incredibly supportive of debate and the position offers competitive pay.

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Dan Johnson, the Activities Director at Hopkins High School. His email address is linked, and he can be reached by phone at 952-988-4691. Former coach Adam Torson is also happy to answer any questions about the program you might have.

Sandel Clip from Colbert

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Sandel on Colbert

Michael Sandel is on Tonight’s Colbert Report.

While I was looking for clips to post, I found this:

And an interview with Nigel Warburton: Interview: Michael Sandel on justice

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Lincoln-Douglas. Lincoln Douglas?

Mr. Lincoln Douglas

The National Forensic League’s new “branding” of Lincoln-Douglas which has us being told to drop the hyphen between “Lincoln” and “Douglas” seems really incorrect.

Sarbanes Oxley Act?

Dodd Frank?

All of those seem wrong to me. “Lincoln Douglas” seems just as wrong.

Plus, the event is named after The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858.

Does anyone disagree?

LD Debate Video: Mercer Island SA vs. Harvard-Westlake JS

This is one of the two final rounds from the Voices Round Robin 2011. The affirmative debater is Steven Adler from Mercer Island. The negative debater is Jake Sonnenberg from Harvard-Westlake.

In this round, the debaters used modified Lincoln-Douglas Debate times as an experiment to try to find ways to improve the quality of LD rounds.

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