Tired of clenching my teeth during their dinner debates about the evils of the Democrats — their flawed policies and lack of morality — I began to fight back.
The title of the dinner debate was apt: "Recession," in the forum's program folder in bold red letters as if to drive home the point.
Every day around 6 P.M., my parents come home (from their studios, which are two floors below in our building, on Broadway, with its rounded fire escapes) and the dinner debate rages.
After two days of tense discussions, including a dinner debate that went into the morning hours, Mr. Obama left without forging an international consensus behind military action as other leaders urged him not to attack without United Nations permission.
Thursday night's confidential dinner debate was expected to focus for the first time on broadening financial and trade sanctions on Russia, their impact, and the likely effect on European countries from the certain Russian retaliation.
Kraken Rum Bar and Beirut Poznańska 12 Hands up who's forever falling out with their partner over the old "Lebanese or seafood" dinner debate?
"The last time I saw Judy Miller was at a sort of dinner debate in the Hamptons in... mid-2002 attended by George Soros, prominent journalists, and some other public figures.
The media and the CNN moderators in particular—stressed that Tuesday's debate, more than any of the others, was important: the grand finale before the real election year; the "Christmas dinner" debate, as moderator Hugh Hewitt put it dramatically the one American voters will be talking about when they decide to torment relatives on Jesus's birthday.
The school had an after-dinner debating society, which Carlson came to dominate: an eloquent young man with an elephant poster in his room who was happy to tell liberal teachers exactly why they were wrong.
I confided in my mother as she prepared dinner, and debated with my father while he washed dishes — and sometimes a grubby child — in the sink.
The French will follow with their own celebrations in December, including a dinner-debate sponsored by France's defense minister, meetings of French and American businessmen, academic conferences and a flood of publications.
