Take Motoko Rich's argument in The New York Times not long ago: "Paradoxically, the kind of parents who follow debates about parenting — typically more affluent and educated — may be those with the least to worry about".
"You can tell yourself, 'Well, if I'm hewing to neither extreme and wobbling around in the middle, I'm probably doing just fine.' " Paradoxically, the kind of parents who follow debates about parenting — typically more affluent and educated — are those who may have the least to worry about.
It was among the most ardently-followed debates about evolution since the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925.
Following detailed debates about my articles dealing with the Turkish army's use of forest fires as a weapon of war, state violence against Kurdish women, and Turkish bombings of northern Iraq, my captors turned the conversation to what would, after my writing, become the second major focus of the charges against me: my contacts with human rights organisations in Britain and Turkey.
For anyone who's followed the debate about military drone-related deaths, the comparison may be distasteful though.
His intervention on Tuesday followed renewed debate about the government's first bill to expand the powers of intelligence agencies, including the ability to access computer networks, which passed parliament with bipartisan support late last month.
The contemptuous attitude to women's privacy may feel familiar to those who have followed the debate about compulsory, medically unnecessary ultrasound scans for women seeking abortions in Virginia.
The partnership will seem strange to those who have followed the debate about the dubious business methods of some payday lenders and the extremely high charges on their loans.
I have followed the debate about whether we should explore for shale gas since the beginning and I have been struck by the number of claims that have been made using examples from America – despite the differences in geography, technology and most importantly regulation.
Anyone who wants to follow the debate about the global financial crisis should visit it regularly.
Instead, he's contributing to the problem that the wise Jim Manzi has described as follows: The debate about evolution is a great example of the kind of sucker play that often ensnares conservatives.
