Was reading an article not long ago about what has happened to interscholastic debate in recent years. There is no longer any pretense that citing sources and making logical arguments wins the day. That’s apparently discriminatory against teams where students come primarily from cultures that don’t put high value on reading and reasoning. Instead, they win points on things like “passion” and “articulateness.” It’s becoming nothing more than two teams of boastful rappers playing the Dozens, and the inner city schools always win.