Debate Sites and Forums
Debate Central
A different site than below. Forums and definitions as well as a WEALTH of other information.


HUGE amount of information on this site for debate and some speech events. If you have some time, watch some.

CrossX.com

Truman Forensics Union (a college site)

Windsor High School Debate A high school debate site that is active.

Princess Anne High School Forensics Another school site

Kentridge High School S&D is a defunct site, that still has some info (for how long though?)





If you are looking for information particular to a type of debate, you will find that on the specific page for that debate type.

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Policy Debate

Public Forum Debate

Congressional Debate

Below is a custom search engine that will search the sites listed below. This is a great way to get information fast!

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http://brookings.org (The Brookings Institute)
http://heritage.org (Heritage and Nixon Center)
http://rand.org (the Rand Corporation)
http://firstgov.gov (Gov Docs)
http://www.cato.org (the Cato Institute)
http://whitehouse.gov
http://whitehouse.gov/omb (Office of Management and Budget)
http://ncpa.org (National Center for Policy Analysis and Debate Central)
http://ucsusa.org (Union of Concerned Scientists)

On this page, is some general help, things that cross over all debating styles as well as information and links on other debating matters.

In all debate, avoiding logical fallacies is of the utmost importance. You will find a list of 19 common fallacies here.

Understanding issues of philosophy will help with all forms of debate. Start with The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Their articles, such as the one on Political Philosophy, are very thorough.

Another good philosophy site is the London Philosophy Study Guide. They do not have texts, just citations to who the autoritative authors are in each subject.

Research sites - Start your efforts here!

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a very solid source for numbers and stats on government.

Closeout Files has a specialized search engine created for debate research.

THOMAS is the legislative information service of the Library of Congress.