Sentences with phrase «opposing political agenda»

Those on the right, who want to capture the jobs, programs, and networks for their opposing political agenda, also have little interest in dialogue.

This tug - of - war over opposing political agendas is leaving behind teachers, students, and their families as collateral damage.

Incidentally, this same move was tried by George Mason University — a move that was ultimately smacked down by the Virginia courts — regarding their faculty's advocacy of using RICO laws against those who oppose their political agenda.

Not exact matches

I continue to oppose the use of the shareholder proposal rule to advance a political agenda.

«Moore provides a primer on how our commitments to Christ and his kingdom (as opposed to our political, social, and cultural agendas) should shape not only how we live our lives, but also what our lives should say to a watching, listening world.

Nothing unifies political parties like the presence of a formidable enemy, and Republicans, whatever their internal differences, can agree that the most expansive liberal agenda since the New Deal and the Great Society must be opposed without reservation.

She has reportedly been putting together a political action committee to raise money for groups that oppose Trump's agenda — it could be announced as soon as this coming week — and will do her part to help Democratic congressional candidates in 2018.

The acceptance of the policy by George Osborne and David Cameron is political in nature, but in failing to fight the argument they are allowing Labour to set the agenda in favour of higher marginal rates of tax in that people will assume that the Conservative leadership must have decided that it will raise money, otherwise they would oppose it

The administration named «unqualified persons» with political agendas or industry ties to key policy posts or advisory committees, and it opposed qualified experts if they appeared to be anti-industry.

Thus, while the analyses upon which the report is based have some technical merits, the narrative seems more of an attempt to advance a political agenda opposed to the reform studied than to improve understanding of complex policy issues.

While Families for Excellent Schools and the entire charter school industry continue to expand their lobbying efforts, Neil Vigdor, of the Hearst Media Group, reports that Families for Excellent Schools and other so - called education reformers have set up another Political Action Committee that they will be using to reward and punish candidates who support or oppose their agenda.

Rather than requiring that any candidate seeking political support from teachers have a solid progressive record on public education and articulate clear - cut policies and positions that are diametrically opposed to the corporate education reform industry, there is a growing acceptance of candidates who have thrown their support behind the charter school industry and the broader education reform agenda.

Implementing the Common Core Standards that emphasize cognitive engagement, constructivist learning, 21st century skills, and depth of knowledge, while at the same time understanding Multiple Intelligences, learning styles, quadrants of the brain, IEP's, and that all students learn differently requires that I oppose NYS evaluation system, its philosophy and theory, as well as NYS political and economic agenda.

Clement Greenberg had a leftist political agenda when he opposed avant - garde and kitsch.

Unfortunately there are people with political agendas and vested interests opposed to charging stations, especially if they use tax payer money.

My own feeling is that it takes some commitment to make useful contributions, something most people aren't willing to do and actually directly opposed to, if driven by a political agenda.

He quotes financial analyst Bert Ely, who underscores the political — as opposed to market or scientific — forces that are driving Gore's green agenda:

The quotations from Greenpeace, Tony Juniper and Reuters are similarly distorted by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank that also employs Milloy and that opposes action to address global warming, as well as by the Cybercast News Service (which used to call itself the «Conservative News Service» before changing its name, in an evident effort to disguise its political agenda).

These studies may help to explain some of the high profile cases of individuals who appear anti-gay only to reveal later to be gay themselves (á la Larry Craig, the US senator who went from championing an anti-gay political agenda to a scandalous airport bathroom encounter with another man); check out this NYTimes article for more about the details of the study.2 This is not to say that every individual who opposes civil rights for the LGBT population is actually gay or that it is typical for gay individuals to unconsciously suppress their sexual desires.