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Category Archives: Society and politics
Bill O’Reilly on the 8:05 from Brighton
‘Bourne’ flick is ultimately un-American – Opinion & Editorial – BostonHerald.com I knew this movie was trouble when I read the reviews. Almost all the critics liked it. The only way American movie critics would like a violent car-chase film … Continue reading
Bi-furcated narrative frames in public policy debates
Confessions of a BBC liberal – Times Online There is a perfectly reasonable case for progressive liberal reform of penal policy. There is also a perfectly reasonable case for a stricter and more punitive penal policy. This programme was quite … Continue reading
Schematic imagery as euphemistic framing in war news reporting
Analysis: Military Shows Gains in Iraq Despite political setbacks, American commanders are clinging to a hope that stability might be built from the bottom up—with local groups joining or aiding U.S. efforts to root out extremists—rather than from the top … Continue reading
Media and scenarios of public opinion formation
Disfavor for Bush Hits Rare Heights – washingtonpost.com That may stem in part from the changing nature of society. When Caddell’s boss was president, there were three major broadcast networks. Today cable news, talk radio and the Internet have made … Continue reading
Negotiating image projections: Who has the power?
New Statesman – Who is the real Hillary? she is certainly the most extraordinarily self-disciplined politician I have ever watched in action. But then she has to be, because she must balance the projection of images of supposedly masculine US … Continue reading
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Negotiating scenarios of democracy
OpinionJournal – Peggy Noonan President Bush was hired to know more than the people, to be told all the deep inside intelligence, all the facts Americans are not told, and do the right and smart thing in response. That’s the … Continue reading
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Collective negotiation of causal relations
Congress must end U.S. role in a civil war nobody voted for That is why we propose to end the authorization for the war in Iraq. The civil war we have on our hands in Iraq is not our fight … Continue reading
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Language Log: The Supreme Court Fails Semantics
Language Log: The Supreme Court Fails Semantics All that the Court actually argues is that “BONG HiTS 4 JESUS” contains a reference to drug use. Gibberish is surely a possible interpretation of the words on the banner, but it is … Continue reading
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Opportunism and power of analogical mapping
Why Winston Wouldn’t Stand For W – washingtonpost.com Writing about Churchill and Chamberlain, I’ve discovered, is like administering a Rorschach test to one’s readers. People see in Churchill and Chamberlain what they want to see. They draw parallels between the … Continue reading
Generative analogies as negotiation devices
Amazon.com: Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods: Books: Jonah Goldberg Goldberg draws striking parallels between historic fascism and contemporary liberal doctrines. He argues that âpolitical correctnessâ? on campuses and calls for campaign finance reform echo the … Continue reading