Bloomsburg University
James Tomlinson
Argumentation

 

Classical Readings in Rhetoric and Argumentation - ONLINE !!!!

MIT Classical Archive - find copies of Plato, Isocrates, and all our old friends - easy to navigate - links and essays with analysis

Frederick Douglass' impassioned appeal for the right to vote for African-Americans

Presidential Inaugural Speeches (yes, ALL of them)
    

Links to Debate Organizations:

Debate Central
    A good "gateway" site for competitive debate - University of Vermont

UCLA Forensics Homepage
    Good example of a University Forensics Homepage

Columbia University's Manhattan Chowder and Debate Society
    Interesting info and links

Debate in Japan (they debate in English)

CSPAN - Sunday evenings - 9pm - British House of Commons - Prime Minister's Question Time.  Watch this to see how and why British politicians are often more prepared to think and speak on their feet than U.S. politicians.

Ok, if you aren't into British politics - watch ESPN - PTL (Pardon the Interruption) on nightly.

Links for Research or for Real Argumentation/Debate Junkies

Visit my Information and Research Links Page by clicking here

Supreme Court Briefs ONLINE !!!
    Written and audio opinions on Supreme Court Decisions

Sound Files    (review per instructions given in class)

Summation.Com   Check this out.  Software for lawyers to help organize a data base of testimony and evidence to help create "dynamite" summation speeches !

SCALE_TRUTH_JUSTICE_WTE.GIF (14100 bytes)
Click to return to the Argumentation Homepage