Let The Little Ones Argue

Friedersdorf interviews Mark Oppenheimer about religion reporting and his new book on debating. On the latter:

When I made it to junior high school,I discovered the debate team, and that really turned me around. Havinga healthy, constructive way to channel my verbosity (and my buddingadolescent anger) made a big difference in my life. It made me happier,for one thing. And the rest of the book takes off from there, as Iimmersed myself in the weird, wacky subculture of competitive debateand...