by jpitney | Oct 30, 2022 | Debate, Elections
Scott Simon at NPR: This used to be the season of the World Series, fake cobweb decorations, and candidate debates. The first two are holding strong, at least at my house. But the 2022 midterm elections have come up short on political debates. FiveThirtyEight, the...
by jpitney | Oct 19, 2022 | Congress, Debate, Elections
Lisa Lerer and Jazmine Ulloa at NYT: Candidates for senator or governor routinely used to participate in two or three debates. Now some are skipping them altogether. Retail politicking at diners and state fairs is no longer the cliché it was for generations....
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2022 | Debate, Elections, Electoral College
Resolution: This House Should Abolish the Electoral College Thu, October 13, 2022 Dinner Program Aditya Pai ’13 and Ilan Wurman ‘09; moderator, Nohl Patterson ’22 In November 2016, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election...
by jpitney | Jul 31, 2022 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation, Senate
Trent Lott and Tom Daschle at The Hill: First, the Senate should return to old norms for considering legislation. Filibusters, which date back to America’s earliest days, grew more common in the 19th and 20th centuries, prompting the Senate to adopt rules to end...
by jpitney | Jun 29, 2022 | Debate, Deliberation, Higher Education
Daniel Stid: Those of us who believe that the purpose of the university is to pursue truth must engage with and persuade those who may not share our convictions. A compelling way to do this is by practicing what the Heterodox Academy calls “The HxA Way,” which they...
by jpitney | Jun 14, 2022 | Debate, Deliberation
Bo Seo at WSJ: [D]ebate provides a tool kit for disagreeing better. By zooming out from individual disputes to the principles that apply across them, debate can illuminate the physics of everyday disagreements. Debaters learn to isolate the main elements of successful...
