It almost makes the class more interesting to debate about politics. But you have to be careful what you say.

It seems like (Allen) wasn't feeling safe enough in the class, so he had to record it.

It's the same thing with religion (as politics) -- you don't give opinions on that. People can go and say anything about Bush, just not in a public school.

I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.

We do more research for debate team than for class. I do probably three times more research for debate than class.

Politics calls for robust debate and criticism, but this should never descend to personal and demeaning slurs.