Extemp Practice Bank — Environment and Energy, Domestic (USX)
Prepared August 22, 2026 · 10 questions · Part 2 of 2 (pairs with the international bank) Forms: 2 What · 2 Should · 2 Will/Can · 2 Is/Are · 2 How/Did
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Extemp Practice Bank — Environment and Energy, International (IX)
Prepared August 22, 2026 · 10 questions · Part 1 of 2 (domestic USX bank to follow) Forms: 2 What · 2 Should · 2 Will/Can · 2 Is/Are · 2 How/Did
Extemp Practice Bank — Asia (IX)
Prepared August 22, 2026 · 10 questions · Window: the 2026 cycle, with recent anchors on every question Forms: 2 What · 2 Should · 2 Will/Can · 2 Is/Are · 2 How/Did
Extemp Practice Bank — United States 2026 Elections (USX)
Prepared August 22, 2026 · 10 questions · 73 days to Election Day (November 3) Forms: 2 What · 2 Should · 2 Will/Can · 2 Is/Are · 2 How/Did
Extemp Practice -- Science & Technology
Prepared August 22, 2026 · 10 questions · 5 USX / 5 IX, labeled per question · Window: stories live since late February 2026 Forms: 2 What · 2 Should · 2 Will/Can · 2 Is/Are · 2 How/Did
Extemp Practice Bank — Europe (IX)
Prepared August 21, 2026 · 10 questions · 10 sources each · Window: stories live since late May 2026 Forms: 2 What · 2 Should · 2 Will/Can · 2 Is/Are · 2 How/DidPrepared August 21, 2026 · 10 questions
Scouting Report: September-October LD (Space Colonization) to Date
The scouting file to date (8-21-26) runs to roughly 460 pages and about 440 tagged arguments, organized Aff / Neg / Theory.
Full Catalog + 100 Pg AI & Data Centers Update: The China Arg is BS, Students Protest Data Centers, AGI to Replace White Collar Work, AI Helps Cure Cancer
DC Companies Key to Grid Upgrades | AGI Collapses Cap | Midterms Links | Economy Debate | AI Cancer Breakthrough | Superhuman Robots |
Texas UIL LD Essay: Nuclear Energy and Environmental Stewardship
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Winning the DeDevelopment Argument
A coaching essay on the de-development / degrowth impact turn
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Policy Debate Camp Arguments Explained: All 66
This is the comprehensive overview of essays on the arguments on the health care topic.
AGI Within 1-4 Years: Suppress AI Advances with a Moratorium or Develop Self-Awareness and Ethical I-Thou AI? 2 Approaches, 2 Sides
With AI already starting to act on its own to hack into systems when given goals and AGI (-->ASI) on the immediate horizon (1-4 years), the question becomes, how can we manage an AI that is so much smarter than us and could kill all of us?
Big Questions Technology Topic: A Century of Change in 10 Years is Coming (250 page release)
This year’s Big Questions resolution asks whether technology has already outrun our ethics. It’s the most alive question in the world — and, unusually, both sides are winnable.
Neg Manufacturing Contention Added for the Data Centers Topic | Data Centers Topic Class
I'm offering an intro class that will run from 8:30-10pm ET on Tuesday, August 4th.
September-October PF & LD Topics Released
September-October Resolution: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.
The Afropessimism Kritik (Northwestern)
On a topic where nearly every affirmative is an access-and-inclusion aff — Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States — this is the kritik of the year.
The Prisons Aff (Northwestern 2026)
The Northwestern file gives you a plan — the United States federal government should establish national health insurance for incarcerated individuals in the United States — one advantage, a framing contention, 2AC blocks against three topicality violations, process counterplans, the economy, politics, and midterms disadvantages, and the capitalism and Afropessimism kritiks.