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There is a story we tell about the Oxford Union. In 1933, students voted that they would not fight for King and Country. The story goes that Hitler saw it, took it as a sign that B...
A packed room in Paris gathers not to reach consensus, but to practice something rare in today's world: disagreeing well. At the Night of Controversies, over 600 people engage in s...
Since March 23, when the first mayoral debate hit, there’s been a spotty selection of forums for discourse and interaction among the frontrunners. This past week’s cancellation of...
Should we use a scalpel to turn boys into girls? That's not a value judgment or a debate, because it's just a clinical decision to be made by trained experts.
I participated in an Open to Debate debate at Johns Hopkins not too long ago, argued yes, and my side saw a twelve-point shift in our favor. Here are some links: Links to the full...
Students Want Debate, Yet Tend to Self-Censor Sara Weissman Mon, 05/18/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Sara Weissman
A few weeks ago, I was asked to take a picture by the entrance to the Oxford Union. Two new members who had just collected their membership cards posed in front of the foyer banner...
This coming Tuesday at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, here is the event information, with three others as well. With debate partner Brandon Ogbunu I will be arguing the “y...
There’s a particular kind of energy you get in a conference room when something is about to matter. You can feel it before anything starts: chairs filling quickly, people sitting c...
In an era where the seminar room has become a social minefield, the art of the honest argument is dying. But as University College London’s "Disagreeing Well" initiative proves, le...
The Richard J Murphy YouTube Channel Debate ammunition: The fear of losing Funding the Future | Issue | May 2026 Today's topic Dear England, neoliberalism Read the full article...
We are affirming the value of human diversity and creativity, and trying to demonstrate it in practice The post On the Need to Generate More Questions Than Pleasant Answers appeare...
Tuesday night’s chaotic California gubernatorial debate at Pomona College was marked by constant interruptions and deep voter frustration. Drew Allen, The Daily Signal’s California...
Law professor Natasha Sarin debates the Cato Institute's Adam Michel.
“Human activity is rife with contradictions. The very same human being who creates art, who imagines futures, who develops technologies, is the one who uses them for their own dest...
The debate over words we can and can’t say.
Zephyr Teachout and John Ketcham debate the mayor of the Big Apple.
I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Source
Don’t feed the trolls arguments. When someone is wrong—on the Internet or in the coffee shop—the temptation to engage can be strong, even though it often seems futile. While it can...
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION THE AI CON TRICK Funding the Future | May 2026 TODAY’S TOPIC AI Is an Economic Con-Trick. Read the full article...
By Mariló Núñez, Marlis Schweitzer. Facing Backlash: Performance in the Age of Reactionary Politics gathered Canadian artists and academics to contend with the backlash against div...
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