Sentences with phrase «political debate about the issue»

Denmark would be wise to follow suit and we need a serious political debate about the issue, so we can get the ball rolling.»

Not exact matches

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.

Despite the fact that Trump was widely viewed as having lost the recent debate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and that the election itself is just over a month away, the candidate chose to tweet not about the political issues in the campaign but about his dislike of former Miss Universe contestant Alicia Machado.

I also think it appropriate for them to cite those reasons in public discussions and debates about those political issues.

While there has already been gallons of ink devoted to the political debate regarding gun control (and there will likely be gallons more to come) the broader issue for believers is how exactly Christians should talk about the issue of gun control.

We come to debate narrow political topics and leave knowing more than we did, not only about the issues, but about those with whom we are arguing and about the world we share.

Even though many of the theologians with these concerns have public political commitments (the most forthright tend to be on the political left or center - left, such as Elaine Graham, Timothy Gorringe, Kenneth Leech, Michael Northcott and Denys Turner), the main debates have not usually been about current political issues.

A political debate kicks off on the radio, and words from the Sermon on the Mount drift into your brain, helping you think about the issue from Jesus» perspective.

This had the effect of defusing the European issue in the domestic arena and of closing down debate about Britain's place in the EU and creating the space for Eurosceptic sentiments and referendum demands to flourish in British political discourse.

I have just recently writing a long essay about the consequences of Thatcherism for a journal issue on the 30th anniversary of 1979 which the ippr are to publish next month, at which point you will be welcome to debate and indeed take issue with my own views on her economic and political legacy.

Two best political books I read this were «Nixonland» by Rich Perlstein (which covers the eclipse of American liberalism and rise of conservatism between 1964 - 1972) and «The Persistence of Poverty» by Charles Karelis, which is short, witty and will change the way that you think about the whole debate around welfare and poverty issues (get»em on Amazon if they aren't in the shops).

Biviano called the initial exclusion from the debate «censorship,» and claims that he is «the only candidate talking about people dying at LICH Hospital because it was closed, the tearing down of our libraries, condos in the Park and the political deception and lobbyists behind these issues.»

Many new laws would need to have been passed to fine tune the system throughout that period, political debates about such issues can be helpful only if they are constructive debates about the substance.

There are too many members and retirees from the state and its political subdivisions that want the debate to be about the duties of the Comptoller to have it become about hot button political issues.

Retired trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor Sean Coffey raises issues about suitability and who is a political insider during the debate.

Teachers need not endorse any particular viewpoint or policy proposal in the current debate over the availability of firearms to help students explore the power of young people to galvanize public opinion and political support behind issues they care about.

The monthly debates among the Kootz artists were ideal for Bearden, who wrote extensively about art, covering aesthetic as well as political issues.

He considers himself «truly bi-cultural» and strives to open up debate about the social, cultural and political issues that shape our histories and construct identity.

Central to all of Shonibare's work, which includes sculpture, painting, photography, and film - making, is the debate about social, cultural, and political issues that shape history and constructs identity.

The large gap between perception and reality of scientific agreement reflects the heated nature of political debates over policy on the issue, as well as the impact of efforts to raise skepticism about scientific consensus.

It is true that the public is finally aware of the debate, and that the economic downturn has put the political issue on hold for now, but that is about as far as it goes.

The national debate over what to do, if anything, about the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has become less a debate about scientific or economic issues than an exercise in political theater.

These voters are alternately deeply connected to or alienated from politics and tend to care about real - life social, civil or business issues that do not receive center stage in political debates.

Meanwhile, employment lawyers are also fielding calls about election - related issues in the workplace, such as how to deal with employees who engage in disruptive political debates or seek to wear attire emblazoned with a political message.

-LSB-...] that we could ask politicians questions and have at least some informed debate about this issue (Getting A2J Onto the Political Agenda in the Federal Election)... but oh -LSB-...]

Squire Patton Boggs wrote a memo to its clients that said, «the political imperative that enabled the GOP to unify around tax reform last fall has given way to a familiar intraparty debate about what the party's next priority should be... meanwhile, Congress continues to struggle...» on a multitude of issues.

The context is a libel case where the judge talks about the «astounding quantity and variety of commentaries on issues of public interest, ranging from political debate in the House of Commons,... Continue reading SCC comments on blogging

Indeed, one thing that struck me about recent Twitter and online commentary was that many conservatives who have criticized Justice Ginsburg for her extrajudicial statements wrote approvingly of recent public statements she made about the importance of due process in Title IX proceedings, without mentioning broader concerns about extrajudicial statements on legal issues that may come before the Court or about issues that are part of current political debate.

Now they're expanding that to include anyone who buys an ad about «issues» — as in, political topics debated across the country.

The political societies at university engage debating and public speaking skills to talk about contemporary global issues.

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