Lucky Two Dollar Bills

When I decided to leave coaching high school speech and debate to go to law school, one of my students gave me a good luck charm.  David had been one of my debaters since his freshman year.  He loved debate.  Cross-examination debate where you’re teamed with a partner and you argue the same topic for…

The Measure of a Man

Sometimes you know a man best by knowing his kids.  When I first started teaching at Cooper High School, we needed money for our speech team budget, so we hosted a dinner theatre as a fundraiser.  Nothing goes better with Greater Tuna than Harold’s Barbecue.  Harold came and served the brisket and ‘damn hot sauce’…