The New York Sophist

For news from the Vienna IV, I suggest Achte Minute (@achteminute), and the has tag #viv11. The motions are being tweeted directly from the source, @dkwien.

I wish everyone there the best of luck, and next year I plan to be updating this blog from the tournament!

Here's the final round. It was the closest debate I've judged so far in the world's format, probably because the teams are so evenly matched. It was one of those debates where the difference between the first and second was almost so slim to be impossible to account for, and we had to take a lot of time to work it out in a way we felt comfortable with.

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/20476965 w=400&h=300]

Here is the semifinal debate about Wikileaks. 

Here's the final round. It was the closest debate I've judged so far in the world's format, probably because the teams are so evenly matched. It was one of those debates where the difference between the first and second was almost so slim to be impossible to account for, and we had to take a lot of time to work it out in a way we felt comfortable with.

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/20476965 w=400&h=300]

Here is the semifinal debate about Wikileaks. 

Here's the final round. It was the closest debate I've judged so far in the world's format, probably because the teams are so evenly matched. It was one of those debates where the difference between the first and second was almost so slim to be impossible to account for, and we had to take a lot of time to work it out in a way we felt comfortable with.

Here is the semifinal debate about Wikileaks. 

Here's the final round. It was the closest debate I've judged so far in the world's format, probably because the teams are so evenly matched. It was one of those debates where the difference between the first and second was almost so slim to be impossible to account for, and we had to take a lot of time to work it out in a way we felt comfortable with.

Here is the semifinal debate about Wikileaks.