We really should take religion
out of political debates.
I thought the article was interesting and thought provoking — a challenge to evangelical Christians to embrace Jesus» words independently from the hypocritical political group - think of the religious right and raise their beliefs
out of the political debate.
It will — or it should — rule the question of secession
out of political debate for a long period of time, and the Scotland Act should be amended to help bring about this end.
The OBR correctly stay
out of the political debate and do not assess the long term costs and benefits of EU membership.
These attitudes might be true of rank - and - file military people who are
out of the political debate at the top, but people like Sherri Goodman see things differently, as do the people who publish articles like this one: http://www.politicususa.com/2017/04/21/report-concludes-trumps-climate-denial-aids-terrorist-recruitment-efforts.html
The Etch a Sketch manufacturers are keeping their nose
out of the political debate though, content to live out that tried and true adage, «there's no such thing as bad publicity.»
Not exact matches
All the
political people need something to
debate and run
out of subjects.
But Christians are called to speak
out for the care and protection
of the sojourner and immigrant among us regardless
of any
political debate.
We will be devoting future posts to discussing the biblical and
political aspects
of this issue, at which time we are free to whip
out our Bibles and constitutions and engage in civil
debate... but now is not the time.
It can be pointed
out that this is a reckless kind
of polity — allowing the Court to define the nature and scope
of political power on an ad hoc basis, without benefit
of the
debates of a legislative assembly or a constitutional convention, and without the contest
of facts typical
of an ordinary trial court.
Building on her role as de facto leader
of the
out -
of - work and
out -
of - luck on James Turner Street, Dee has emerged as something
of a spokesman for the many people whose voice is rarely heard in the national
political debate.
Yet, the topic
of immigration remains fraught and the unprecedented refugee crisis playing
out in Europe has heightened the already acute
political challenges bound in with public
debates.
In other words, David Cameron's commitment to an in - or -
out referendum on Britain's EU membership primarily for party
political reasons has fundamentally reshaped the terms
of the British domestic
debate on Europe but it also has huge implications for both the UK and European integration in general.
I agree Europe must be brought into mainstream
political debate if we in Britain are to get the most
out of its institutions.
John Major still pops in and
out of public
debates on politics and a series
of essays examining his
political beliefs and government can be found in Kevin Hickson and Ben Williams An Unsuccessful Prime Minister?
Las Vegas (CNN)- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Friday he was skipping next week's CNN / Western Republican Presidential
Debate out of deference to New Hampshire, which is locked in a
political scheduling fight with Nevada.
Last year I wrote about Labour's thoughtful commentariat - the sensible lefties willing to accept the fact that cuts do need to be made, and willing to engage with the real
political debate - as opposed to those irresponsible voices on the left who would condemn anything the Coalition does as «
out of touch» «Tory cuts» made by a «Cabinet
of millionaires», and so on.
Some weeks ago I asked the leaders
of all the
political parties in Thursday's
debate to keep religion
out of the general election.
The sun is
out, the constituency has been the centre
of national
debate for months and voters have a real feeling
of being able to inflict change on the
political system.
He said while the current
debate over the Special Prosecutor's Bill was healthy, that office was necessary to take
political interference
out of the investigation, determination and prosecution
of persons caught in the web
of corruption.
Between the positions at either end
of the spectrum, there is a range
of ethical,
political and medical
debate about how easy access to abortion should be, which interests and factors should prevail over others, and how late terminations may be carried
out.
With the
debate over welfare savings likely to form one
of the central
political battlegrounds
of 2013, the deputy prime minister, speaking at a joint press conference with David Cameron at Downing Street, said: «I don't think it helps at all to try and portray that decision as one that divides one set
of people against another, the deserving and the undeserving poor, people in work and
out of work.»
Washington (CNN)-- Nevada's top
political journalist lit into Republican Senate hopeful Sharron Angle on Thursday, saying that the Tea Party favorite had backed
out of a planned
debate.
Political parties have been «locked
out of the discussions» over leaders» election
debates, says the Conservative Party chairman.
That will... bring the English Defence League
out of the shadows into the mainstream
political debate.
According to Gerald Benjamin, a professor
of political science at the State University
of New York at New Paltz and a longtime
political observer, Faso came
out a «winner» on the health care
debate, fulfilling a campaign promise to cut property taxes.
One party insider said there has been a fierce
debate within the Miliband circle between those who believe that the reforms are a key test
of his leadership and that a failure to introduce radical change would substantially damage his credibility - and those who feel he risks putting the party's financial viability at risk by allowing union members to opt
out of their so - called
political levy contributions to the party.
Your book came
out right in the middle
of the
political debate over NASA's future.
What they got in those brief minutes at the end
of each program was less
debate than verbal sparring matches between two erudite intellectuals attacking the
political philosophy and public record
of the other and they were
out for blood.
We'll have to wait until it's actually produced to find that
out) that focuses on the intense world
of three presidential
debates, where millions
of dollars and months
of campaigning are whittled down to 270 minutes
of extremely public
political theatre.
For all the dead - on jabs at society, bystanders
debating the
political theories
of intervention as two people beat each other's brains
out, or the sang - froid meeting in the penthouse
debating how best to dispose
of the rebellion's wild - eyed ringleader (Luke Evans), there are tantalizing riffs whose interpretation is as much about our own pre-conceived notions as anything else.
They found that crowd size estimates are a part
of the broader
political debate: how many people actually tuned
out for that rally on the weekend... At the end
of the exercise one student asked the expected «Is this part
of our assessment?».
For example, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) made a splash in February with an innovative study
of how the Common Core
debate is playing
out on Twitter; scholars found, among other things, that proponents tend to make policy points while opponents use «
political language» in their tweets.
The
political screech
of today's overheated K — 12
debate drowns
out discussion
of plodding, bipartisan measures, and our infatuation with shiny new initiatives — Blended learning!
This, too, is an implicit part
of the
political appeal for many Republicans, who are secretly aghast at the nativist tone
of recent presidential - primary
debates and know they must reach
out to Latinos in coming elections.
At the same time, I believe that it is appropriate for states to
debate this question, and we should expect some states to pull
out, especially once the testing starts, and we — as we expect — if the test scores come
out and kids do much worse on these new tests than the old tests, then there's going to be huge
political pressure for some other states to pull
out and it won't be the end
of the world.
Our clients» portfolios have been carefully constructed to give investors exposure to a globally diversified range
of assets and our long - term horizon can withstand short - term market movements whilst the
political debate plays
out.
This second exhibition delves into the artist's notion
of being an «immigrant,» how he or she responds to the present immigration
debate as it is carried
out in personal, public, and
political spaces, and what approaches the artist takes, from the subtle and conceptual, to the blatantly
political.
The work draws
out the complex relationships between communication and isolation, as well as marking some
of the critical
debates that circulated in the early formation
of lesbian, feminist, lesbian - feminist and gay liberation
political positions.
The Stewart / Wallace
debate you link to is IMHO the most rational and honest
political debate to come
out of the US in well over a decade, kudos to both
of them.
Other countries might counter these
of course, but the information needs to be
out there and
debated, as presently we are being forcibly enrolled in a giant social enterprise into which we currently have no input because, as you say, all three major
political parties in the UK are all on board with the IPCC policy.
But politics has been hollowed
out in this new
political settlement and
debates descend to the parent - child or doctor - patient metaphors because these are the zero - level
of dependent relationships.
When undertaking my
political awareness courses, one
of my lecturers pointed
out that in online
debates, that if someone is becoming irrationally angry, you must be making some powerful points and observations.
One
of these days I'd like to teach a course on US
political debate, as seen through mediocre techno - thrillers (and good ones too; there are a couple
out there).
The problem with a red, blue team approach to climate science is the extremely
political nature
of the
debate which would be carried
out in the public arena.
There are a lot
of things that can be said that aren't very controversial in science that still make it seem like the
political debates are quite
out of focus and confused, but then this can be said
of so much in politics.
Indeed, as this blog has also pointed
out, ad nauseum, the notion
of the scientific consensus is used in
political and policy
debates at all levels, with no regard for the substance
of the consensus.
In the U.S. Senate, it requires 60 votes
out of 100 to do anything — to proceed to
debate, to pass a bill, to amend a bill, to confirm a
political appointee or a judge — anything.
One way
out of this impasse, I would suggest to Lynas, is to admit to the
political or «ideological» aspects
of the climate
debate and even his own argument.
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...