Sentences with phrase «as outspoken a critic»

Yesterday I shared a forthcoming New York Times Sunday Magazine story detailing the evolution of the School Nutrition Association from one - time supporter of Michelle Obama's school food reform to its current role as an outspoken critic of that... [Continue reading]

Of course, as an outspoken critic of flavored milk, I've been asked not to attend.

Having been on the receiving end of some of Paladino's less - pleasant tirades, and given his history as an outspoken critic of a whole host of things and people that piss him off royaly, I don't think it's going too far out on a limb to say that this tour will be well worth the price of admission.

The governor has not been quite as outspoken a critic of the Queens - born real estate mogul turned presidential candidate as some of his Democratic colleagues in the state, but he was nonetheless not surprised to wind up in Trump's crosshairs.

Marlow has been a central figure in both controversies and has emerged as an outspoken critic of the current community board leadership.

The five - term congresswoman was best known, according to a CNN report, as an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and was the only representative from the Ohio delegation who voted against the war.

Despite the fact that his art remains in huge demand across the world, he continues to be better known as an outspoken critic of the Chinese authorities, especially following his illegal detention in 2011 and a subsequent, much - publicised tax case.

Since leaving Tyndall — and as we found out in a telephone interview — he has come out of the climate change closet as an outspoken critic of such sacred cows as the UN's IPCC, the «consensus», the over-emphasis on scientific evidence in political debates about climate change, and to defend the rights of so - called «deniers» to contribute to those debates...

As an outspoken critic of government, we have to agree with the word «troubling» here because the law could weaken our ability to criticize those in positions of power.

Congressman Ted Deutch started the year as an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, denouncing the new president's ban on travelers from seven predominately Muslim countries as unconstitutional and un-American.

Not exact matches

Hart was on the investigative Senate committee that looked into CIA abuses in the 1970s, and became an outspoken critic of the excesses of the spy establishment — just as Richard Nixon was secretly battling the CIA, the Pentagon, and corporate interests at the time that the Watergate scandal began to undo his presidency.

Harris is an outspoken critic of using engagement — as measured by screen time, click - throughs, likes, and other actions — as a metric of success.

Not too long after that, Cuban turned on the Republican candidate and spent the rest of the election cycle as one of his most outspoken critics.

Wilson, who has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, goes right for the incendiary conspiracy theory with that claim, but it's an idea that's been echoed by more moderate commentators as well.

Outspoken Wildrose Party MLA Derek Fildebrandt, who finds himself frequently at odds with leader Brian Jean, remains in his high - profile role as Official Opposition Finance & Treasury critic after a shuffle of critic portfolios in the Wildrose caucus this week.

Mr. McGowan is known as an outspoken advocate for labour issues and critic of the Temporary Foreign Workers program.

He cultivated friendships with the few conservatives on Berkeley's faculty, wrote outspoken editorials for an off - campus newspaper, and found his calling: «I now viewed politics as a knife fight, my critics as blood enemies.

I am an extremely outspoken critic of those who whine about women «shoving their boobs in our faces» while breastfeeding, such as the ones complaining about women who breastfeed sitting at a table in a restaurant.

For an explanation as to why Cuomo would risk muddying the waters of his own campaign, you should look no further state former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who has emerged as an outspoken champion of Rangel — and chief critic of Democrats like Rep. Mike Arcuri who have turned their backs on him.

Bharara had served as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor since 2009, and since his firing has become an outspoken critic of the president.

He has since been more widely known as a leading supporter of Brexit and an outspoken critic of the European Union.

We reported in February 2007 that Leigh was «quickly emerging as Mr Cameron's most outspoken critic from the Tory benches».

First - time director, producer and film - maker Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to the outspoken critic while working as a journalist in Beijing.

As further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battlAs further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battlas Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battle.

They include arch critics such as Jess Phillips, who has been outspoken in her criticism of his leadership and consequently received abuse from some Corbyn supporters on social media.

The White House is also viewing other outspoken critics as potential contenders, The Post reported: Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

Melania Trump is defending her husband's campaign, particularly his outspoken rhetoric on immigration and what critics have perceived as a harsh tone directed toward women.

Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R - Rensselaer), an increasingly outspoken critic of Kolb, has secretly pushed the plan to oust Silver for two years and accelerated it in recent weeks in the wake of new revelations involving Bharara's investigation of Silver, who was just re-elected as speaker last week.

Mr. Lynch has been outspoken critic of Mr. de Blasio, particularly in the wake of the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died on Staten Island as a police officer tried to arrest him.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. had been an outspoken critic of de Blasio's proposals, describing them as «tremendously flawed,» but his office said they would withhold commenting on the Council's decision until they had examined the changes more closely.

Diaz has become an outspoken critic of both proposals, describing them as «tremendously flawed» and deriding them for taking a «one - size - fits - all» approach to development in the city.

Her close relationship with the mayor was a break with the political tradition she grew up in ---- as head of both the Housing Justice Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, as a protégé of Duane, who was an outspoken critic of Giuliani while on the Council, and as a top deputy to former Speaker Gifford Miller, who often adopted a confrontational approach toward Bloomberg.

[47] He has also expressed distaste for public service labor unions, which he has compared to pigs, [53] and is an outspoken critic of state laws such as the Wicks Law, which sets prevailing wage requirements, [49] and the Taylor Law, which gives unions significant negotiating advantages in exchange for prohibiting them from striking.

Klein is an outspoken critic of NYCHA, having referred to them as the «worst landlord in the city,» and has called for greater transparency regarding development plans at 2800 Bruckner Boulevard.

A seasoned politician and outspoken critic of tobacco use, Vardhan had served as India's health minister since Modi formed his government in May.

McCarter, who also serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago, has emerged as one of the leading critics of the intelligent design movement and an outspoken proponent of teaching modern evolutionary theory to all students.

WASHINGTON — Outspoken vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr. has accepted a position within Donald Trump's administration as chair of a panel on vaccine safety and scientific integrity — the clearest sign yet of the president - elect's suspicions about vaccines.

Based on Roger's 2011 memoir and directed by Hoop Dreams» Steve James, the film traces the outspoken film critic's professional and personal journey from Pulitzer Prize - winning writer at the Chicago Sun - Times to his rise as a beloved TV movie reviewer alongside Gene Siskel and, ultimately, to his 11 - year battle with thyroid cancer, which ended in April when he died at age 70.

was less than universally loved, and while the critics who favored it were outspoken, the ones who did not were just as adamant in their opinions, but even louder, making the film less of a coming out party than an odd blip in the filmography of an already conflicted performer looking to break free from the constraints of Hollywood's well - defined image of her.

Leaders from Madison Teachers Incorporated and the Milwaukee Teachers» Education Association (MTEA) were outspoken critics as well.

Both teachers have been outspoken critics of school discipline policies they see as overly permissive.

Nathan Saunders, the second - ranking leader of the Washington Teachers» Union, has been an outspoken critic of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and WTU President George Parker, denouncing Rhee for her performance - based salary proposals and Parker as a weak and credulous labor leader.

But teachers were among some of King's most outspoken critics during his tenure as commissioner of New York education.

During an interview at a Chalkbeat breakfast event on Thursday, the CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools explained her evolution from what she described as an «FDR Democrat» who believed the traditional school system was flawed but could be improved to an outspoken critic trying to lead an educational revolution from the outside.

Robert Wayne Cumberford (born August 4, 1935) is a former automotive designer for General Motors, author and design critic — widely known as Automotive Design Editor and outspoken columnist for Automobile magazine.

While abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning had long been outspoken in their view of a painting as an arena within which to come to terms with the act of creation, earlier critics sympathetic to their cause, like Clement Greenberg, focused on their works» «objectness.»

A politically engaged public figure and outspoken critic of the UK's 2016 decision to leave the EU, Roth for the last five weeks had been serving as president of Germany's Institute for Foreign Relations.

Saltz, a judge on the Bravo television program Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, is married to New York Times senior art critic Roberta Smith, and has a reputation for being — as behooves a critic — outspoken, irreverent and pranksterish.

Still, a petulant artist who was described by the late critic Katherine Kuh as «an outspoken man periodically tormented by repressed fury,» also now has a museum dedicated entirely to his work.

North — not to be confused with Richard D. North, another right - wing British journalist and climate - change skeptic — worked as a research director at the European Parliament and then emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of EU bureaucracy and the effects of EU integration on British businesses.