Monthly Archives: October 2007

Topic Brief: United States Healthcare

By Logan Scisco One domestic issue that extempers will always encounter during the dreaded “social issues” rounds is the state of health care in the United States.  Navigating through the maze of health insurance coverage, why health care costs are … Continue reading

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Topic Brief: High Oil Prices

By Logan Scisco Extempers receiving questions on the price of oil and its relationship to the United States economy just keep coming.  In fact, I can hardly remember a tournament that I attended in high school that didn’t have a … Continue reading

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Topic Brief: Iraq

By Michael Garson To provide a description of why understanding Iraq is important in extemp would be highly unnecessary.  Yet, the issue is so massively popular that it has oversaturated the intellectual market. Since Iraq is the international topic that … Continue reading

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Topic Brief: East Asia — Japan and Korea

By Michael Garson During the “Asia” round at most major tournaments, extempers will be eagerly preparing their analysis of China’s rural poor or how the United States can limit Chinese economic power. Fifteen minutes the prepared extempers will have to … Continue reading

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