What is the role of an academic - no matter what they're teaching - within political debate? It has to be that they make issues more complicated. The role of the academic is to make everything less simple.
Reagan is the subject of ongoing political debate, and a lot of liberals don't want to take Reagan any more seriously than they did when he was president. I understand why they don't, but they should.
I've slipped on occasion into the realm of irresponsible invective, but I try to avoid it and generally recant when I fall short. Because name-calling does nothing to improve understanding or move the political debate forward.
The Office for Budget Responsibility correctly stay out of the political debate and do not assess the long-term costs and benefits of E.U. membership.
Every time you engage in a political debate, there is a guaranteed headache from the comment section, from the reaction from everything.
I find the heated political debate over the burkini both ridiculous and dangerous.
Not applying a religious test for public office means that people of all faiths are allowed to run - not that views about God, creation, and the moral order are inadmissible for political debate.
Outside Westminster, political debate must seem like white noise that bears little relevance to people's everyday lives. But political choices made by the governments we elect have a real impact on how we live.
As long as anger, paranoia and misinformation drive our political debate, there are unhinged souls among us who will feel justified in turning to violent remedies for imagined threats.
Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.
Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldn't get pregnant.
I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.
Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions taken today.
If the court is a political institution making important political decisions, then the public should debate the politics of Supreme Court decisions.
There are trends in our societies... that can lead to some political decisions in America and in Europe that can give some ground to the radicalization discourse.
Today's energy mix is the result of yesterday's consumer habits, considerable investment, and various political decisions. The potential of renewable energies, now a well-established fact, is undeniable if given the time to arrive at the technical and economic maturity that will free them from subsidization policies.
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.
But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.
Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!
It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.
