Sentences with phrase «used in a political debate»

Not exact matches

Trump, known for his use of Twitter to drive political debate, tweeted about an Indiana air conditioner maker he featured in his election campaign as an emblem of trade deals he said were unfavorable to American workers.

In its more common contemporary use, it contrasts with political «conservatism,» such that contemporary American political discussion is often largely understood as a debate between the two.

In other words, while the white and black churches debate the use of this term and the political implications thereof, Latinos and Hispanics stand poised to redeem the term by offering a non-political, reconciliatory, prophetic alternative: «evangélico!»

In an interview with an Atlanta magazine, «Carter fittingly used a parable to illustrate how he'd like to see the political / religious debate unfold.

Taney's application of the due process clause to the power of Congress was not entirely a new one; it had recently been used by both sides in the political debate.

He used a parliamentary debate to call for a shake - up of the way party political broadcasts are regulated, in order to give the parties more flexibility.

Since 2008 - 9, however, most political debate has focused on restoring the UK economy to «business as usual»: Although the power of government was used to stabilise the financial system through bailouts and nationalisations, in stark contrast to the 1930s New Deal era, there is no apparent enthusiasm for entrusting the state with new powers and responsibilities.

Third, it was not possible to attain a financial model which ended a system regarded as unjust (quantified as between 7 % and 10 % of Catalonia's GDP, figures that led to the use of the term «fiscal despoliation» in political debates), nor respect for the «ordinal principle» once the territorial transfers have been made.

The way in which the manifesto is able to exploit much of the racist rhetoric about «bogus» refugees used by government and mainstream party political spokespeople during the debates on the Asylum and Immigration Act illustrates the impact of such debate in legitimising the views of fascist and far right groups.

«Providing more live coverage of the key political debates and discussions has meant that during 2015, a dramatic year in politics, we've seen a surge in people using BBC Parliament to follow proceedings.

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins said «Teachout's entrance into the Democratic Party primary should be used to broaden rather than narrow the political debate in New York.»

[10] Also in 2007, Cameron used the website to challenge Gordon Brown to a live televised political debate as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, arguing the format had proved useful for discussing «serious policy issues» during the 2005 Conservative leadership election.

Ryan said service personnel should not be caught in the middle of political debates and the American public should be told how its military is being used.

While these types of messages are commonly used in political, public health and commercial advertising campaigns (e.g., smoking will kill you, Candidate A will destroy the economy), their use is controversial as academics continue to debate their effectiveness.

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.

Make them the same length as a decent lesson — at least 50 minutes — so that they can be planned properly, and they can be used to wrestle with substantial content, such as a wellbeing issue like bullying, a big political debate like who should be the next President of the United States, or an area to explore in science, maths, or history.

At 13/14, students take part in a political Ignite where they formally debate key contemporary issues using Oxford - style debating rules (e.g. «This house believes Britain should leave the E.U.»).

Supporters rushed the standards» adoption, used whatever political channels were most convenient, eschewed public debate and discussion, and in doing so triggered a massive backlash that either caused states to reject the standards outright or led them to water down the initiative to such an extent that there's little left of the original vision, which called for the careful alignment of standards, tests, curricular resources, and teaching strategies, all to be shared across state borders.

We acknowledge that in Chile, like in the United States, the debate over what counts as data, how data is interpreted, and the measures that are used to indicate educational achievement and improvement is ongoing and often influenced by broader political and economic ideologies and goals.

A few of the images in it give away some left - leaning political bias, but the chapters full of general principles and the specific debate tactics used successfully by the author are extraordinarily valuable to anyone with a point of view they want to verify and defend.

Forcefully examining what it means to be a civilian teaching literature at a military academy, Samet also considers the role of women in the army, the dangerous tides of religious and political zeal roiling the country, the uses of the call to patriotism, and the cult of sacrifice she believes is currently paralyzing national debate.

It's as stupid as imagining wasting money that could be paid to authors and make the business flourish being wasted on NYC rental, or expense account dinners for the fellow who used have the corner office, or editors publicly engaging in political debate, or replacing slush - readers with agents.

However, through the use of myriad materials, considered referencing, carefully curated collage, and the juxtaposition of text and image, Pendleton's practice avoids the notion of monologue, instead encouraging an active engagement in socio - political debate.

By focusing on the ID card, and denaturalising its use of colour coding, Khalili grounds such abstract conceptual debates in a geo - political reality and links conceptual artists» critique of the links established between colour and meaning to current systems of codification of identity.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

Every political group uses spin to try to persuade the public, but some of the groups that represent conservatives and industry use what can be called extreme tactics in the climate change science debate.

A few points that have caught my interest so far: • dealing with complex problems using complex tools, ideas • the idea of reconciliation in scientific debates is to try different approaches in an experimental meeting for attempting nonviolent communication in impassioned debates where there is disagreement • reconciliation is not about consensus, but rather creating an arena where we can have honest disagreement • violence in this debate derives from the potential impacts of climate change and the policy options, and differing political and cultural notions of risk and responsibility.

The important question to ask, I argue, is how such an intolerant culture was allowed to develop in powerful political and academic institutions, and why the alarmist case was preferred by policymakers, who continue to make use of the binary view of the climate debate.

But both sides of the «debate» use personal attacks because they work [just like attack - adds in political campaigns], so are both guilty.

So when we examine the climate change debate we should consider whether this issue is like a dispassionate scientific question where we may assume that the math will be used in a neutral manner or is it like a financial or political issue where no sensible person would accept the assumption of neutrality.

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.

It has nothing to do with law and order and everything to do with using the force of law to silence the other side in a decidedly unsettled political debate.

What I find particularly insidious in the largely manufactured debates over hockey sticks, Climategate, and similar red herrings, is the attempt to portray the real scientific issues as merely matters of opinion, as though choosing to believe Wegman vs. Mann, or Hansen vs. Lindzen, has no more objective validity than one's choice of favorite sports teams (I was going to use political parties, but that's another argument).

I suggest that we make our political decision on this question using the same methodology used by successful businesspeople: assemble a group of the most experienced people in the relevant fields, give them resources to collect and analyze the available information, let them discuss and debate the problem, and then heed their advice.

This was the same phrasing used in a dubious textbook written by political hacks that distorted climate science, casting the «debate» between «activists» and «skeptics».

Very few politicians supporting any meaningful legislation on climate change, limited discussion in the Press and political debates, projections for increasing fossil fuel use as far out as the eye can see, etc..»

Given the often invoked rationale underlying the use of the living tree metaphor, it is ironic indeed that in constitutionalizing these political and social issues, the courts have «frozen» those issues in time, and thereby immunized those issues from future and evolving civic engagement, discussion and debate.

«Bring it on,» says Dismore's committee, make sure it adds to and does not detract from the European Convention, call it a UK Bill rather than get caught in all the problems involved in using the contentious term «British», and get stuck into a major and creative political debate about what rights the public would want to have.

Student organizers of the protest told ABC News» «This Week» Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that they are determined to use protests and political action to make the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, a turning point in the national debate over gun control.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Political Thinking with Nick Robinson podcast - which is available from Friday - Mr Hancock described the outcry over the use of data as a «turning point» in the debate about online privacy.