Rules of debate: No asking each other questions
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Excerpts from the &quot;Memorandum of Understanding&quot; signed by President Bush&#39;s and Sen. John Kerry&#39;s campaigns before the debates: No opening statements, but each candidate gets a two-minute closing statement.
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Members of the public will pose questions to candidates via homemade video in a new kind of debate tomorrow night.
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Do I offend? I must. Why else would immigration restrictionists be trying to pull the plug on commentaries like this one?
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By Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 10--In the no-holds-barred blogosphere, every voice can be raised.  But not everyone cares to listen.
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By TOM GALLAGHER  For the record, I will insist that formal discussions about allegations made against me by Mayor Lionel Rivera occur in public and be open to public participation. The issues bear on matters of ethics and values of your elected officials; the people have a right to know.
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Comment is free: Gary Younge: While one party bemoans its choice of candidates, the other has raised little in the way of political debate
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How many paragraphs of rules and regulations can a society have before no one can predict how it will respond to critical situations?  The answer, as demonstrated on 9/11/2001 is:  "Not very many."  Lawyers need to go open source and let the public bang on their code.
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If the 2008 presidential candidates are forced, kicking and screaming, to debate science, what questions should they be asked? An impressive array of scientists, academics, politicians and journalists have joined Science Debate 2008, the grass-roots group urging the candidates to have a debate on science and technology. I can't imagine the candidates' handlers are happy [...].
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If there is one thing on which Jews can agree, it is this: it's good to argue. Jewish culture has thrived on argument - frank, sincere disagreement - ever since Moses disputed with God.Comment
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The CNN-YouTube Democratic debate is under way  marking the first time that a journalist or a professional has not dictated what is asked of the candidates. The control is solely in the voters' hands -- and then candidates were asked about slavery reparations.
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Monday night's Democratic debate will be the first in which all the questions have been submitted by YouTube users. Here's a selection of 10 you probably won't see
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Nevermind the civil war debate - the real question is why didn't the U.S. make a war declaration in the first place? That could bring an end to something that never should have been started
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The next presidential debate will be held October 8th at Washington University in St. Louis. The notable difference between this debate and the last is that "projectile launchers" are explicitly allowed on the premises.
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Technology hasnât eliminated the desire for rules about who tells what, when and how.
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How both sides of the debate reach for Biblical authority to back their positions
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Tycho:  I can really do without a lot of the corporate sniping that happens in this industry.  Plus, as a licensed demagogue, they're horning in on my territory when they say ridiculous things or make baseless verbal assaults!  I mean, I have mouths to feed.  Seriously, I have more than one mouth.
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Keeping others out is the whole point.