The former secretary of state is once again coming under fire for using the word "super-predators". As the Democratic candidates prepare to debate on the same day tens of thousands of low-wage workers walk off their jobs across the nation asking for "$15 and a union," Hillary Clinton needs to tell us whether she would use the power of the pen to help workers advance again.
Some topics, such as claims that some human beings are by definition inferior to others, or illegal or unworthy of legal standing, are not open to debate because such people cannot debate them on the same terms.
But the emergence of Prince Charles's "access agreement" contract suggests that he is not prepared to debate matters on the same terms as other public figures, including politicians, who are habitually subjected to questioning on topics beyond those they agreed to discuss.
The typical tenant in England has spent more than £40,000 on rent over the past five years, according to new research published on Thursday by homelessness charity Shelter, in time for the housing bill debate on the same day in the House of Lords.
In a subsequent debate on the same station, Andrés Izarra, the president of a state television channel, fell about laughing when presented with crime statistics, but failed to offer any contrasting evidence.
But the parliamentary success was clouded because many of the most contentious details were simply postponed, raising the possibility that the accord could again break into rancorous factional disputes in future debates on the same issues.
In a House of Commons debate on the same day, home secretary Theresa May said that it was likely to cost about £5m this year to end contracts, write off equipment, contact cardholders and securely destroy information.
Members in the two parliaments held debates on the same issue at the same time, said to be a first in the 20-year history of devolution.
A senior Lib Dem source added: "Both the Liberal Democrats and Labour have repeatedly said that we are ready to sign up to TV debates on the same format as last time.
But as I myself sat on Fox Business Channel talking with three conservative men in a debate on the same topic, it suddenly struck me that the entire conversation was more than a little bizarre.
