- PM Abbasi seeks national debate on civil-military ties, role of judiciary https://www.dawn.com/news/1410630/pm-abbasi-seeks-national-debate-on-civil-military-ties-role-of-judiciary 4 comments pakistan
- Vaccine Mandates Rekindle Fierce Debate Over Civil Liberties https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/world/europe/vaccine-mandates-civil-liberties.html 2 comments europe
- First presidential debate featured a bully, zero civility and lots of chaos https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/readers/2020/09/30/first-presidential-debate-featured-bully-chaos-reader-views/3586497001/ 15 comments politics
- 'Is This American-Style Civilization?': World Reacts To Presidential Debate https://www.npr.org/2020/09/30/918764741/is-this-american-style-civilization-world-reacts-to-presidential-debate 33 comments politics
- Julián Castro Is Not Here to Make Friends: Guardians of civility are shocked when, at a Democratic debate, a debate occurs. https://newrepublic.com/article/155058/julian-castro-not-make-friends 19 comments politics
- Pete Buttigieg recalls coming out, calls for civility during Democratic debate https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/elections/pete-buttigieg-recalls-coming-out-calls-for-civility-during-democratic/article_ca477ed1-f08a-52d4-9dfb-f0aec0c22557.html 4 comments politics
- Econtalk: A great podcast for civilized substantive debate about issues, going beyond simple talking points. Latest episode: findings on the effect of the Seattle $15 minimum wage http://www.econtalk.org/ 25 comments moderatepolitics
- Civil rights 'under serious attack' across the globe - More than half of countries use censorship, harassment or violence to repress public debate, warns a report https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/27/civil-rights-under-serious-attack-across-the-globe 251 comments worldnews
- Ted Cruz snaps at debate moderator when asked about civility: "Don’t interrupt me, Jason" https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-beto-debate-civility-interrupt-1173758 1627 comments politics
- The Trump civility debate isn't new. In the 1930s, America debated whether it was civil to shun the Nazis - U.S. News https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-america-s-fear-of-incivility-appeased-nazism-we-can-t-go-there-again-1.6220593 50 comments moderatepolitics
- The Civility Debate Has Reached Peak Stupidity https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a21931194/sarah-huckabee-sanders-red-hen-civility/ 92 comments politics
- Rubio bemoans lack of civility amid gun control debate https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/rubio-florida-gun-debate/index.html 24 comments politics
- Marco Rubio argues that "if civilized debate dies in the Senate, it will die in the broader society too" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/09/marco-rubio-just-gave-a-really-important-speech-but-almost-no-one-paid-attention/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_fix-rubio-130pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.ea93d08b6fc9 23 comments politics
- Indian Muslim Personal Law Board boycotts debate on Triple Talaq, while saying a Uniform civil code is not good for India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/triple-talaq-debate-uniform-civil-code-not-good-for-nation-says-muslim-law-board/articleshow/54828399.cms 5 comments worldnews
- Does Chinese Civilization Come From Ancient Egypt? A new study has energized a century-long debate at the heart of China's national identity. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/02/did-chinese-civilization-come-from-ancient-egypt-archeological-debate-at-heart-of-china-national-identity/ 392 comments history
- The Republican Debate Was Civil, Respectful -- And Breathtakingly Extreme A party moving backward. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-debate-miami_us_56e24024e4b0860f99d889c0?9wqxgvi 4 comments politics
- Pope defends traditional marriage as Italy debates civil unions http://www.emtv.com.pg/article.aspx?slug=pope-defends-traditional-marriage-as-italy-debates-civil-unions&subcategory=world-news 5 comments worldnews
- Rand Paul vows to ask fellow Republican candidates at debate if they "want to always intervene in every civil war around the world." http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2015/08/paul_will_portray_himself_as_p.html 15 comments politics
- The emotional debate over free speech versus free political spending, which erupts onto the Senate floor this week, exposes a deep rift on Capitol Hill and at the nation’s leading civil rights group, the American Civil Liberties Union. http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/constitutional-amendment-debate-roils-aclu/?dcz= 10 comments politics
- Implement Uniform Civil Code, no need for debate on Article 370: Uddhav http://www.firstpost.com/politics/implement-uniform-civil-code-no-need-for-debate-on-article-370-uddhav-1549635.html?utm_source=fpstory_alsosee 6 comments india
- News of U.S. Surveillance Draws Anger of Activists and Militants Abroad: In so doing, Taliban fighters and Qaeda operatives found themselves on the same side of a debate as human rights activists, privacy advocates and conservative civil libertarians. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/us/news-of-us-surveillance-draws-anger-abroad.html?smid=re-share 15 comments worldnews
- Fox News Mounting Campaign to Foment Hostility, Insurrection, Civil War: "Fox is feverishly framing the debate on gun safety as one that is un-American and tyrannical." http://www.newscorpse.com/ncwp/?p=8867 8 comments politics
- Obama Says He Wants to Debate Civil Liberties With Romney; Here's Some Atrocious Decisions He Should Explain. http://reason.com/blog/2012/10/09/obama-says-he-wants-to-debate-civil-libe 6 comments politics
- Want to get rid of the "Gay Marriage" debate? Just get rid of the term "marriage" and have everyone get a civil union from the state. http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120101/opinion07/201010327/for-gay-couples-delaware-true-equality-still-lacking?odyssey=mod 52 comments politics
- We are all craving civil debate on the Obamacare, so here it is. Intelligence Squared on Bloomberg. http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/americas-house-divided-economy/#dm-col-a 5 comments politics
- I went to see an enraged mob and a civil health care debate broke out. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/21/ar2009092103173.html 3 comments politics
- "Don't Know Much About History" - What's so pathetic about the demagoguery of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck is that their understanding of history is so puerile that in any civilized debate they would be laughed off the stage. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/11/dont_know_much_about_history_1/?ref=fpd 14 comments politics
- Which John McCain will show up to debate? "With his campaign on the rocks, McCain could hit reset one more time and abandon civility in his final showdown with Barack Obama." http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/15/debate_preview/ 3 comments politics
- The Next GOP Debate: Rudy Giuliani, pro war, law and order Republican on one hand. Ron Paul, civil liberties advocate, anti-war, and defender of the Constitution on the other hand. http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleid=130354 4 comments politics
- An old rivalry between Christian factions who fought each other in Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war has flared again on the street and in political debate, renewing fears of fresh unrest as the nation grapples with its worst crisis since the conflict. https://in.reuters.com/article/lebanon-crisis-tensions-christians/boiling-again-lebanons-old-christian-rivalries-rear-up-amid-crisis-idinkbn2682dy 6 comments worldnews
- Saudi woman's case against father stirs 'guardianship' debate: A civil court in Jeddah ordered a man to obtain a passport for his adult daughter after he had refused to do so. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/saudi-woman-case-father-stirs-guardianship-debate-180921102631409.html 6 comments worldnews
- Bernie Sanders and Killer Mike spar on owning assault weapons. The self-described ‘democratic socialist’ candidate and the self-described ‘capitalist’ rapper sat down for a frank conversation on gun control—showing the rest of America how civil debate is done. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/15/bernie-sanders-and-killer-mike-spar-on-owning-assault-weapons.html 29 comments politics
- Republican candidates called the government “stupid” during their first debate, had testy exchanges on civil liberties, and said pimps and prostitutes are collecting public benefits. But they had nothing to say about the nation’s landmark climate plan introduced earlier this week. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/republican-candidates-avoid-climate-change-in-first-debate/ 66 comments politics
- Turkey’s Constitutional Court has legalized the right to be religiously married without obtaining a civil marriage, sparking debate over the decision’s impact on women and children http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/top-court-ruling-on-religious-marriages-sparks-debate-in-turkey.aspx?pageid=238&nid=83167&newscatid=341 5 comments worldnews
- Ukraine 'on brink of civil war' - Ukraine's first post-independence president says the country is "on the brink of civil war" as he opens debate on an amnesty for detained protesters http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25939737 29 comments worldnews
- Why Won't Bill O'Reilly Debate Me? When he first claimed I was a Communist I challenged him to a debate -- a civil debate. He refused. He still refuses. He won't even debate the topic of my op-ed -- the increasing shrillness and divisiveness of Fox News and other media outlets http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/bill-oreilly-debate_b_3982014.html 64 comments politics
- DBag tries to defend abusive priests - William Donohue, President of the “Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights” is one douche. He was a guest on the Larry King Show in a debate about a Catholic priest who is accused of molesting 200 deaf boys. -Watch the video. http://douchebagnews.com/main/2010/04/05/douchebag-defends-abusive-priests/ 3 comments reddit.com
- After a ridiculous days-long bad-faith debate on civility, can the press manage to learn self-respect? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/26/17504258/trump-red-hen-civility 4 comments politics
- Law Commission of India open the debate on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and prepared questionnaire to reply within 45 days http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/questionnaire.pdf 19 comments india
- "These people have explicitly said they would like to see Obama fail. They should be disparaged and mocked at every turn as enemies of hard-working, cool-headed, upstanding citizens. Where a real American engages in civil debate, teabaggers yell and throw stones." http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/7081 3 comments politics