Lincoln-Douglas.com

PlanetDebate.com is very excited to announce both the development of Lincoln-douglas.com and that Minh Luong will continue to be our new author-editor of the LD Tutorials for 2005-2006.

The first release will be available August 29th.


We will continue to deliver the same bi-monthly topic briefing, now produced by Prof. Minh A. Luong and a co-author from Yale University who is an expert in the topic area. Minh's briefings will be delivered exclusively through Planet Debate's Lincoln-Douglas.com. The briefings can be purchased individually for $25 (5 tokens) or are available as part of a five brief subscription for $99. The subscription also includes access to topic-specific research links and a few audio lectures delivered at the Yale Ivy Scholars program.

Minh A. Luong & Company Topic Briefings:

Topic in Context: Analysis which places the topic in historical, political, and/or economic context. Keeps the topic in perspective.

Topic Briefing: This briefing introduces the major issues related to the topic, introduces key experts and their positions, and covers the topic inan interdisciplinary fashion.

Strategies and Arguments: This section outlines suggested strategies and identifies key arguments for both the affirmative and negative sides. Whilenot in block form, the narrative steps the reader through the logic of the strategy and which arguments can be used most effectively. It will be up to the debater to craft the claim, data, and warrant for each argument.

Topic Bibliography: As the title suggests, this section contains a list of resources that was used in the preparation of the topic briefing and additional resources for further research.

* The Tutorials subscription will also include audio lectures on L-D theory and practice by Minh and his colleagues.

About Minh A. Luong

Prof. Minh A. Luong teaches in the Ethics, Politics, and Economics program and is Assistant Director of International Security Studies at Yale University. He founded and directs the Yale Ivy Scholars Program for Lincoln-Douglas Debaters. He has served as International Affairs Council Fellow at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. He has taught interdisciplinary senior seminars and graduate courses on international relations, diplomacy, negotiations, espionage & economic intelligence, privacy, and security issues. He has appeared on major television and radio news networks and has been quoted in newspapers internationally. His research and teaching on applied philosophy in politics and economics makes him one of the premier authorities on Lincoln-Douglas debate.

He previously served as Chairperson of the Department of Speech and Communication Studies at The Pinewood School (CA), Director of Debate at San Francisco State University, and Director of Forensics at the University of California at Berkeley. An active member of the forensic community, he serves as director of Lincoln-Douglas debate at the National Tournament of Champions (TOC), Columbia University Invitational, Princeton University Classic, Co-Director of the Harvard University National Invitational, and is a member of the TOC Advisory Committees for both L-D and policy debate.

A nationally recognized authority and published author of nearly 20 articles on debate theory and practice, Prof. Luong founded and directs The National Debate Education Project which conducts forensic seminars in underserved areas of the country. He holds the distinction of being the only person to have won the National Collegiate Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championship title both as a competitor and coach. As a high school coach, he guided his students to great success at regional and national tournaments in both L-D and Policy debate as well as individual events and Student Congress. He previously served as the founding curriculum director of Lincoln-Douglas debate at the National Debate Forum, UC Berkeley, NFC-Austin, and Stanford University institutes.