Sentences with phrase «in political debate»

I don't engage in political debate in the classroom, either, as that is not the place for it.

Often I hear from folks who are struggling to engage in political debates with their friends and parents in a respectful, loving manner.

What he finds may surprise you and raise questions about the role of science in political debates.

The letter also calls for space for faith in political debates and says politicians must be free to speak openly about their own beliefs and convictions and treated fairly for doing so.

That's why the «odd one out» always wins most applause in political debate.

That is if you're more interested in political debate than a bun fight, of course.

It could be the beginning of a transformation in political debate.

The TV network companies promise us video - on - demand, interactive shopping channels and a chance to have a direct say in political debates.

The growing prominence in media of these parties has also given added impetus in the political debate to other issues on the far - right agenda — most notably immigration.

Aren't there some problems we ought to be talking about beyond those emphasized in the political debates?

In a political debate what you need is allies, because in numbers there is power.

Kind of made it clear how little the science matters in the political debate.

Yet, the idea that a machine can tell us whether someone is telling the truth is a persistent idea, reflected on television and now in political debates.

Just as we've seen in political debates, sentiment around health care was clearly divided along party lines.

In a recent post for the How Housing Matters blog, the Urban Land Institute's Vice President of Housing Maya Brennan called for a more intense focus on housing issues in the political debates in the run - up to the presidential election next year.

And in case anyone is in doubt that the whole «2500 scientists of the IPCC» thing isn't common currency in political debate about the state of the planet...

We've seen this in misclassifying hate speech in political debates in both directions — taking down accounts and content that should be left up and leaving up content that was hateful and should be taken down.

He enclosed a note setting the view of the UK Statistics Authority, which said: «It would not be appropriate for the Authority to seek to intervene in political debate directly.

According to this understanding, the role of religion in political debate is not so much to supply these norms, as if they could not be known by non-believers — still less to propose concrete political solutions, which would lie altogether outside the competence of religion — but rather to help purify and shed light upon the application of reason to the discovery of objective moral principles.

While the Transition Movement has, so far, been careful to avoid party politics, it seems obvious that as a community - lead response to coming challenges, it has little choice but to engage in political debate as its influence grows.

Furthermore, in accepting public funds, religious schools run the risk of being mired in political debates, battles over regulation and accountability, and disruptive inquiries into their school standards in admission, curriculum, and hiring practices.

Strong - willed and smart, she held her own in political debates with my grandfather.

The challenges of change sometimes obscure the benefits that are often lost in the political debate.

Either - way, the facts on the ground show clearly that the majority of public and also scientists support scientists voicing their opinions: A Pew Research Poll in 2009 showed that a large majority of the public in the USA (76 %), and nearly all scientists (97 %), think that it is appropriate for scientists to become actively involved in political debates on controversial issues.

As environmental issues and concerns become a center issue in political debates around the world, it's becoming apparent that 2017 is the year that green initiatives will have the opportunity to become more than what crunchy granola hippies talk about and become fully mainstream.

This «fantasy speech» by Joe Oliver and the high likelihood that all political leaders will indulge themselves in a bit of «fact fantasy» suggests to us that there is a need for an «official fact checker» to keep a little bit of honesty in the political debate.

But the fact that the Fed came up in the debate was a positive; «there's no reason such an important public institution — one with such a large impact on people's lives — should be off limits in political debates.»

There is no doubt the new government faces challenging economic and revenue challenges but after a summer of reading briefing binders and moving into new offices, the NDP need to reengage in the political debate.

As a African American male who is also a Republican who is regularly called a Uncle Tom by other African Americans in political debates....

The opposite coalition will be united by nontheistic or at least nonorthodox beliefs, the policy implications of such beliefs, and hostility to religious language in political debate.

The party's documents say its «policies are based on the Christian view of Man and his responsibility before God,» but it rarely articulates that basis in political debate.

For example, issues of «international law» have been under debate since at least the Council of Constance in 1415 and have taken on more and more importance with the emergence of the World Court, the United Nations, and enormous webs of contract, patent, criminal, and multilateral trade agreements; the «new world order,» a phrase coined by Cicero as I recall, has been revived episodically in political debates since the fall of feudalism

I think the comfort zone is when you start ignoring those on the margins of society on the basis that they're not likely to take part in the political debate.»

Religion can have a role in political debate, but its adherents must stop trying to gain special privileges.

And when dealing with the political debate in The Netherlands, one has to be aware of the real life experience we have had in The Netherlands, as it certainly will be used in a political debate.

In this clip, dated May 10, Caputo is getting a haircut and engaging in a heated conversation with his barber, Jack, (whose hobby appears to be enaging his customers in political debates while cutting their hair) about the current budget battle in Albany.

It also reveals a critical and gaping hole in the political debate in Britain.