Sentences with phrase «great public debate»

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This has been one of the most cited stats in the public debate during the Great Recession.

«The U.S. places great importance on free speech and the value of open public debate,» Hamilton said.

We cognicenti know that national debts are not of any great economic consequence, but it's impossible to defend that position in public debate.

By correlating diverse boards with greater board effectiveness and the promotion of long - term value creation, the association's recommendation transcends public policy debates and moral imperatives.

Wouldn't solve the debate in the church of course, but it makes for great public policy, particularly in more secular countries.

Presidential debates, increased public affairs, innovations in news coverage, fewer commercials on children «s programs, more female and minority on - air employment, greater minority ownership of stations, «free speech messages» in many cities, greater responsiveness to viewer «s letters, and a temporary reduction in violent programs — all were brought about through the efforts of the broadcast reform groups.9.

The great debate is not over sentiment but justice, not over personal preference but public policy.

Maybe, or maybe he too is caught up in a great and as yet undecided civic debate on the role and limits of government in questions of debt, taxes, public spending, entitlements, and tax codes.

The idea that you can not bring any objective ideas about metaphysics or the good of the human being to public debate is sometimes called «procedural liberalism», or in the words of the late, great R.J. Neuhaus, the «naked public square».

The churches at this point have a great responsibility not to advocate over-all idealistic solutions but to emphasize the distinctively Christian message that is relevant to these issues, to help their members to see the world without the characteristic American ideological blinders, to challenge many of the prevailing assumptions about the cold war and nuclear armaments, and to encourage the debate on public questions about which most people prefer to be silent.

Over the last decades, populism and technocracy have attracted a great deal of public attention and generated a lively scholarly debate.

Politics in Spires, together with OurKingdom, IPPR and the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton, are hosting the Great Charter Convention — an open, public debate on where arbitrary power lies in the UK today and how we should contest and contain it.

If, say, questions about austerity or the regulation of banks are in the public eye, different ideologies will try to win the debate by appealing to the virtues of private enterprise, or to the need for public transparency and accountability, or to the greater redistribution of wealth.

Over the last few months, the public debate in Italy has put great emphasis on the possible impacts of TTIP on agriculture and food.

For a great example, see Mark Bowden's story in the current Atlantic showing how the work of a pair of essentially unknown conservative bloggers shaped the public debate about Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, and in the process injected the «Wise Latina» meme into the public mindspace to the undoubted delight of pundits for years to come.

And what on earth would the public think, seeing 400 of us at some great debate or occasion sitting there «twittering» rather than listening, thinking and speaking?

This is a great point and one that has been ignored in the public debate around fracking in New York.

And the government is consulting on how in future the ISC should be appointed and should report to parliament - with, where possible, hearings in public, a strengthened capacity for investigations, reports subject to more parliamentary debate and greater transparency over appointments to the committee.

The Great Charter Convention — an open, public debate on where arbitrary power lies in the UK today and how we should contest and contain it.

From 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Democratic NYC mayoral contenders Anthony Weiner, Bill de Blasio, Bill Thompson, John Liu, and Sal Albanese (but not Council Speaker Chris Quinn, who dropped out of this event) participate in the New Yorkers for Great Public Schools education debate.

«The debates have been great, and I think you've got five good candidates for the public to choose from.

«This debate gives the campaign great momentum and the Welsh Liberal Democrats will work tirelessly in and out of Government to ensure that when The Severn Crossings come back into public ownership, the tolls are scrapped.»

During my biochemistry studies, I was often struck by the great gap between the prevailing views on biotechnology from within the university setting and the views put forward in the public debate «outside.»

Einstein also bagged the scalp of the celebrated philosopher Henri Bergson, besting him in debate in Paris in April 1922, at a public gathering both men had gone to great lengths to avoid.

Recently, the government, headed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, triggered a public debate over plans to construct potentially the world's largest coal port adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Area, and to excise 74,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage — listed site.

Students and specialists will not find the detail they require and will use original sources, while the public face far more information than they could ever want on the Neanderthal debate, or on the question of which great ape is closest to humans.

Greenpeace has done a great public service by drawing attention to the millions of tonnes of concrete and steel soon to be decommissioned in the North Sea, and by opening a public debate about what should happen to it.

How about: 1) Heath Hens back and all birds genetically treatable; 2) Passenger Pigeons back; 3) Great Auks back; 4) Black - footed Ferrets disease - free; 5) Northern White Rhinos back; 6) Genetic - rescue tools in wide and responsible use; 7) Asian elephants liberated from lethal herpes; 8) Woolly Mammoths back; 9) Islands liberated from invasive rodents; 10) Lyme disease rare; 11) Hawaiian birds liberated from malaria; 12) A debate tool in use by the general public to work through controversy about new technologies.

Indianapolis — A group of educators, meeting here to mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision outlawing organized prayer and Bible readings in public schools, concluded that the debate over religion in public schools has entered a complex stage requiring greater caution and sensitivity than ever by schools.

I sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons as Catherine McKinnell, the MP from Newcastle, opened the debate by congratulating the Shaw Foundation for the great response to their petition on making mental health education compulsory in all schools.

As the debate on school choice heats up next week, I share this post as a voice in support of the nation's public schools, which remain the number 1 choice, a great option for families and communities across the country.

Whatever happens nationally, we are determined to continue to act locally: to support our educators, embrace our families, engage in respectful debate, and work together to ensure that every child in Oakland has access to a great public education.

By: Dr. Scott P. Ardoin, University of Georgia Across the last decade great emphasis and much debate has surrounded the administration of state mandated (SM) tests in public schools.

But this debate should not distract us from what is now the greatest obstacle to improving our public school system: the two - headed monster that rules over the administrative side of our public school system.

As thought leaders debated the future of American public education during the Department of Education's «Education Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State Standards.

If the grilling DeVos endured in last month's confirmation hearing is any indication, any push from within the Trump administration for greater diversity of elementary and secondary school options will end in an acrimonious public vs. private debate.

«Assemblyman Singleton understands the need for greater student achievement in public education and his legislation initiates the debate on many key issues such as independent authorizing authority and greater accountability for New Jersey's public charter schools,» read the statement.

Education has been at the center of political debate for Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Times obtained a confidential draft of the Great Public Schools Now Initiative.

Most prominently, the opposition has done a great job in shaping the debate into a focus on «draining» funds from the public schools.

In a more public forum, on Monday the «Great Debate» — a popular Oxford - style debate at the Fair — asked whether people agreed or disagreed with the premise that «Amazon was a positive influence on the publishing business.&Debate» — a popular Oxford - style debate at the Fair — asked whether people agreed or disagreed with the premise that «Amazon was a positive influence on the publishing business.&debate at the Fair — asked whether people agreed or disagreed with the premise that «Amazon was a positive influence on the publishing business.»

«At a time when there is a great deal of public debate about migrants, we should be in the forefront of those pointing out the huge contribution they have made to this country.

Edward S. Spriggs, who had been the director of Studio Museum of Harlem for seven years was now in Fulton County's Public Arts department and was watching the debates about how to use the newly acquired building with great interest.

The fracas eventually culminated in the creation of the ad - hoc organization Action Against Racism in the Arts (AARA) and ushered in an era of lively public debates about institutional racism in the art world.1 As a result of this sort of multicultural activism and affirmative action policies, elite art schools like Yale came under greater political pressure to accept students of color.

That is certainly a poor excuse for failing to acknowledge the great harm done to the public good by the efforts of Saunders and her kind to contaminate the public debate with distortions and discredited arguments disguised as expert authority.

In outlets like The New Republic and Yale Environment 360, Pielke has articulated a more nuanced point of view, often arguing for greater distinctions between debates about scientific integrity and those about public policy.

The biggest danger represented by Brulle and other Great Global Warming Conspiracy theorists is that, as they work to discredit their adversaries and ban them from the public debate, they attack science itself.

A public debate between Professor Curry and the Nobel Prize winners promoting AGW dogma would be a great public service.

The role that you are playing now is very important with respect to how the greater public will view this debate.

Like the tobacco industry, climate change deniers devote great time and energy to keeping the «debate» alive hoping that the general public will believe that the science is unsettled, thereby minimising public support for taking action to address greenhouse gas emissions.

In 1998, then climate realist and energy libertarian Jerry Taylor wrote a piece, «Global Warming: The Anatomy of a Debate,» that piggybacked on the late, great Public Choice economist William Niskanen.