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 !