Sentences with phrase «one's public debates»

Even though there has been a lot of public debate on important issues, it appears that lawmakers will hit the campaign trail without resolving them.
How often have we heard such arguments in public debates about planning?
Scientists must be more willing to speak out on their work and to get involved in public debates over uses of science, she added.
Even before developing my artistic practice, I entered public debates with genetic engineers about the future of agriculture, and the countryside.
There is a lot of public debate around the rates utilities charge solar customers, but very little of it shows an awareness of the embedded technical and philosophical issues.
More likely, though, elite politics are responsible for the exclusion of this policy reform from public debate.
How many companies would tolerate an active, even public debate by employees over a key product?
There has been as much public debate about our tax codes as there have ever been.
This has been a community movement, played out in regional and national media, influencing public debate about Indigenous issues, as well as our Australian identity for decades to come.
The goal is to help raise awareness and facilitate a necessary, informed public debate ahead of several upcoming initiatives that aim to address high resource consumption.
Still, those groups criticized much about the process — particularly that there was very little public debate surrounding what are major changes to the elected office.
The annual award is one of the best known prizes for the visual arts in the world and it seeks to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art.
But sometimes mom bloggers do more than just pitch a new product, instead helping to advance their sponsor's views in matters of ongoing public debate.
We must demand more public debates between skeptics and advocates that are honestly moderated, so the world can separate good science from the bad.
In broader public debate, racism is not framed often enough as a health issue.
The government appears to be running down university - led training without a robust system in place to replace it and with little public debate.
Critics want to see more public debate and financial disclosure from council members to guard against conflicts of interest.
But the opportunity costs for the children involved are far greater than the stranded costs that generate such intense public debate.
He said he was making a «genuine contribution» to an important public debate and said he was «entitled to express his religious views».
What's worse, the silence comes just when the government's environmental policies are most in need of vigorous public debate.
Their voice is essential to robust public debate about the state testing system.
We should have a full public debate about this.
«Testing has become enormously important with an extraordinarily powerful influence on schooling, and it increasingly dominates public debate about education,» he says.
As a trio, the lectures raise a number of serious concerns over the direction of current public debate and over the degeneration of political language.
In the midst of a heated public debate about genetically modified food, scientists have quietly reached a significant milestone in plant biology analogous to the recent sequencing of an entire human chromosome.
They also encourage public debate on ethical, social, legal and commercial implications of the use of genetic information.
Serious, rational public debate is rendered all but impossible: intelligent, knowledge - based opposition does not fit into the format of a sales pitch.
They only want public debate on their own terms.
The report is embarrassing for ministers, who want to avoid public debate on national identity numbers.
But, this would force central bankers out of their comfort zone and into what would be a contentious public debate over anonymity and financial censorship.
Reddit and other forums have hosted fierce public debates for years.
«We need a serious public debate on healthcare with an open - minded approach to the options,» wrote one respondent.
This view, while rarely shared explicitly, affects most public debates, including the one here.
After only a few chapters had been written a second public debate broke out.
There is still a huge mountain to climb to get a proper open - minded and honest public debate on the issues.
If you're going to have a thoughtful public debate on the issue, it's better to actually engage what your opponent thinks, right?
The difficulty with a great public debate on this issue is that it is likely to be further divisive, and as you've pointed out the result is unlikely to leave everyone satisfied.
These are strong arguments in favour of a real public debate on how best to shape our tax and benefit system.
«These plans should not be implemented without significant public debate and legislation outlining clear safeguards,» he added.
Education policy is one of those passionate public debates that never goes away — and never seems to find a solution that satisfies all stakeholders.
But it's also raising alarms from critics who worry that key decisions about state energy policy are being rushed without enough public debate.
I only note that the scientific understanding of the reality and risks of climate change is strong, compelling, and increasingly disturbing, and a rational public debate is desperately needed.
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