The kids in these photographs are from Arkansas, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. They travelled to district and national tournaments to debate legislation about Venezuelan oil and the morality of nuclear weapons in space. If you ask them what they love about debate, as I did recently, they will speak about the value of “multiple perspectives,” but other interests will also surface. Mallory Cloud, from Russellville, Arkansas, wants to be a state representative. Carter Nelson, of Palm Beach County, told me, “I’ve always loved competition in general.”
