The number of face-offs here has grown to the point where the campaigns do not even concur on the count (Friday's meeting in Rochester marked debate No. 25 or No. 22, depending on whom you ask), but suffice it to say that five more such meetings loom before voters pick a successor to the departing Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Nov. 2.
My own lecture emphasized the need for governments to resist the increasing extremism that marks debates about the Internet.
Life-sized bronze statues mark the debate spot in a park opposite the Argosy Casino.
This happened at the 2005 French Open, in what Sabatier called "the last big moment" for ball-mark debate.
But that high-minded discussion quickly descended into crosstalk and a return to accusations of guilt-by-association that marked the debate's beginning.
The lead up to the introduction of the patriotically-named "allegiance to Australia" bill has been marked by debate around whether any such law would be constitutional, or would breach the separation of powers by giving the ministers judge-like powers.
We have invited both government and opposition to a discussion so that we can we return to the more traditional republican election: one marked by debate, not violence.
It wasn't about believing Ford over Kavanaugh either, she said, or the "horrible" and "overtly political process" that marked the debate over him and left all involved miserable.
The event produced none of the finger-pointing and little of the interrupting that marked their debate last week, when Obama needed a comeback after a listless performance in their first meeting on Oct. 3.
These deliver measurable impacts that improve business to demonstrate what's possible outside of the ideological cheerleading and skepticism that too often marks our debates.
For in America, and beyond, 2013 will be marked by debates about taxes, redistribution and who pays for deficit reduction.In some ways, the backdrop is strikingly similar to that of a century ago.
