I recently touched base with my high school debate coach. In case you haven’t figured out by now, debate was one of the more influential subjects in my education.
During my days as a high school debater, I wrote a poem about debate. “Roses are red…” it isn’t. But this really reminded me about what discourse–whether [...]
Three wheels, two legs,
the man on the tricycle presses ahead.
Wrestling with the weight
of a cart full of wood,
surely you’d take the bus if you could.
The fraying rope, the crying chain,
inertia is against you; traffic’s the same.
You’re moving at a snail’s pace,
but the look on your face tells me
this is not a race.
Though it’s no peice [...]
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