Greetings HVDU fans! I am hard at work preparing the next HVDU event, and there will be an announcement shortly. The event will be on a hot topic–in several senses of “hot”–a new venue, new partners, and the most (potential) audience participation ever for the HVDU. So keep your eyes open and your calendars free.
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The HVDU announces: The Health Care Act Debate at Historic Hyde Park!
THE HUDSON VALLEY DEBATE UNION PRESENTS THE HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT DEBATE AT THE HISTORIC ESTATE OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Patrick McGrath 845-915-3159 (land) 845-558-4281 (cell) HYDE PARK, NY (20 May 2011) – The Hudson Valley Debate Union, which brings interactive, face-to-face “Oxford-style” debating to the Hudson Valley and beyond, announces [...]
The HVDU appoints a successor to an important post
Hello HVDU colleagues! It’s been a trying few months here at HVDU. I tried very hard to set up two debates during the runup to the elections that took place today. One was to be a state legislature candidates event, the other a Congressional candidates event. To make a long story very short, both events [...]
A Tory Virginian’s View of the Fateful Events of July 1776
From the historic Capitol Building at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia — a Tory makes his views know to some visitors to the Virginia Capitol’s House of Burgesses, Council Room, and General Courtroom. The Tory is not so sure that this Declaration of Independence that the Virginians and the other States in Congress assembled in Philadelphia have [...]
The HVDU founder checks out our country’s roots
Ahoy there, HVDU fans! Your HVDU founder is preparing for the Fall 2010 HVDU debate season, and part of that preparation was a desire to reach back to the roots of debate in this country. So I decided to go (along with my New Lovely Bride) to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. I’ve been wanting to go [...]
Obama Debate Videos — they’re here! Yay!
OK, everybody. I know you’ve been screaming for them. Now, they’re here, finally. It took a while to get these up, thanks to painfully slow YouTube uploading times, but we now can present — The Confidence in The Obama Administration Debate Videos! Here they are, in the order they occurred: Opening: Steve Pappas: Jim Coleman: [...]
First report on the ‘Confidence in Obama’ debate …
Well, the debate went off, and it was lively, but potential Voting Guests were spooked by the upcoming Big Storm, which didn’t start until after midnight in these parts. So there were only about 20 persons in attendance, altogether. I spent the bulk of today hunkering down from the snowstorm, assembling the videos of the [...]
‘Confidence in Obama Administration’ Debate set for 9 February
THE HUDSON VALLEY DEBATE UNION PRESENTS THE CONFIDENCE IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DEBATE Classic motion of the Oxford debate genre comes to the Hudson Valley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Patrick McGrath 845-429-3206 STONY POINT, NY (31 January 2010) – The Hudson Valley Debate Union, which brings face-to-face “Oxford-style” debating to Rockland County, the Hudson Valley, [...]