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Category Archives: News and media
From surface to depth and back in discourse: A case of semantic prosody
OBAMA: We ended up launching a war that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged and to which we have now spent $400 billion and has seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted. … Continue reading
Analogy as ritually rhetorical device and 9/11 symbolisms
Was 9/11 really that bad? – Los Angeles Times Has the American reaction to the attacks in fact been a massive overreaction? Is the widespread belief that 9/11 plunged us into one of the deadliest struggles of our time simply … Continue reading
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Cognitive foundations of civilizations
iTWire – A new ‘iBook’ from Google?: be afraid, be very afraid Google is plotting to do for books what the iPod has done for music: make them purchasable by download to a portable access device. Could civilisation as we … Continue reading
Frame-relative assessments and globally warming terrorism
Hawking says climate change poses greater threat to humanity than terrorism – International Herald Tribune LONDON: Scientist Stephen Hawking described climate change Wednesday as a greater threat to the planet than terrorism. The interesting thing here is not so much … Continue reading
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Death by analogy
‘Hold Your Wee for a Wii’ Death Shuts Down Show – Gameworld Network news story Ten employees have lost their jobs over the incident, and the radio show is permanently off the air. …. 28 year old Jennifer Strange was found … Continue reading
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New Atheism and old religions or the other way around?
On The Media: Transcript of “God No!” (December 15, 2006) In response to the global challenge posted by religious extremism, a small group of impassioned atheists has taken a new approach. They target the tolerant with both reason and ridicule. … Continue reading
Marriage and the impact of scholarship on society
BBC – Radio 4 Woman’s Hour -Has Love Conquered Marriage? For the first time ever, married-couple households are in the minority both in the UK and the US, outnumbered by single-person households and cohabiting couples. Whilst many blame the stresses … Continue reading
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Elites as maintainers of conservative values
BBC – Radio 4 – Today – 20006 Vote The Hunting Act with 52.8% Dangerous Dogs Act: 1.6% Serious Organised Crime and Police Act : 6.2% Human Rights Act: 6.1% European Communities Act : 29.7% The Act of Settlement: 3.6% … Continue reading
New societies and old societies
TIME.com: Time’s Person of the Year: You — Dec. 25, 2006 — Page 1 America loves its solitary geniuses—its Einsteins, its Edisons, its Jobses—but those lonely dreamers may have to learn to play with others. Car companies are running open … Continue reading
Psychological violence, cuts, bruises and world peace
Evening News 24 – Cyclist attacked by An N&N spokesman said: âAccording to sources this gang has been doing this for a while – stopping people at the bridge and demanding money to get across. âBut this was the first … Continue reading
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