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Reflections: Review of Professor Zarefsky's on-line course: "Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words" 1 comment

amelo14 wrote 2 hours ago: Review of: Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words (Taught by David Zarefsky, The Teaching Company) Profes … more →

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, on Aristotle, on Leo Strauss, on liberal education, On Politics, on prudence, on prudential questioning, On Slavery, Philosophical topics

Politico Just Cold-Reporting Right-Wing Talking Points as News, Now

ACG wrote 5 hours ago: Wonder what lines the Republican Party views as particularly salient, in their ongoing quest to misl … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Politics, media, Político

Prosaic Pundit Pens Poorly-Planned Panegyric Praising Palin's Populism4 comments

ACG wrote 1 week ago: A sequel to the praiseworthy primer, “Palin the Post-Partisan Populist Pals around with Pundit … more →

Tags: Politics, Author - ACG, political symbols, democracy, Elitism, Sarah Palin, George Washington, William Jennings Bryan, Andrew Jackson

Statism, Symbols, Patriotic Mantra, and Irony6 comments

ACG wrote 1 week ago: In a post published today, Salon has hit on what, I think, is a deep irony: isn’t it odd that … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Politics, Fascism, Pledge of Allegiance, political symbols, Socialism

NCA: Abortion Criminalization as a Master Narrative in U.S. Catholic Political Rhetoric1 comment

Kari J. Lundgren wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s one more – as prepared for presentation on November 14, 2009, at the 95th Annual … more →

Tags: Abortion, Catholic Church, Conference papers, Abortion Rhetoric, Catholic Identity, pro-life movement, pro-life rhetoric, Religion and Politics, U.S. bishops

NCA: Catholic Social Teaching and the Abortion Reduction Counterstory in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

Kari J. Lundgren wrote 2 weeks ago: This is a different kind of post than our usual Religious Rhetorics material. It is, rather, a relev … more →

Tags: Abortion, Catholic Church, Conference papers, Abortion Rhetoric, Catholic Left, Political Discourse, progressive Catholics

Health Care and Coercion10 comments

ACG wrote 3 weeks ago: As Representative Pence ably demonstrated yesterday, in the sunset of House GOP opposition to health … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Politics, Abortion, Coercion, Health Care, Healthcare, Obamacare, political symbols

More Than Intentions1 comment

DarwinCatholic wrote 3 weeks ago: Don Boudreaux of Cafe Hayek makes a good point which is too often glossed over in political debate: … more →

Tags: logic

Toward post-global warming-ism? (Dan Platt)

danieljplatt wrote 3 weeks ago: A few weeks ago, The Pew Research Center released the results of a study of American attitudes towar … more →

Tags: General, Global Warming

Contemporary Political Rhetoric and Teaching History1 comment

Mark Stoneman wrote 1 month ago: Earlier this month I did a post on my Hist 100 blog that might be of some interest to readers here, … more →

Tags: Politics, Teaching, using and abusing history, History

Reflections: Brief review of Professor Bartlett's on-line course: "Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle"

amelo14 wrote 1 month ago: Review of: Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle (Taught by Robert C. Bartlett, T … more →

Tags: on Aristotle, on Leo Strauss, on Plato, Socrates, on Xenophon, Philosophical topics, on philosophy (long), Reviews, amelo14

Ronald Reagan: A True Political Rhetorician

silentspirit18 wrote 1 month ago: Ronald Reagan, was “‘The Great Communicator’, but he was more than that.  Among po … more →

Tags: political facts, Political Fact, Politics, Ronald Reagan

Working for Free…a Georgian Experiment2 comments

careersi wrote 1 month ago: Unemployed and looking for a job?  Good news, jobs are out there!  Only one catch, there is no pay. … more →

Tags: career management, Career Services International, Economy, unemployed

Towards a Responsible Definition of "Socialism"17 comments

ACG wrote 1 month ago: “Red baiting” — the process of referring to one’s opponents as “social … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Culture, History, Politics, capitalism, communism, Free-Markets, laissez-faire, Nationalism

Die-----Die Quickly!2 comments

lobotero wrote 2 months ago: Tit for tat…..I was wondering when a Dem would be stupid and say something that the Repubs wou … more →

Tags: Politics, News, US Congress, Political Nothingness, Political Sideshow, representatives

"ObamaCare" -- the "Celebrity" Ad's Enduring Legacy6 comments

ACG wrote 2 months ago: Down in the polls, and without relief in sight, McCain ran in August 2008 what was to become one of … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Politics, Obamacare

Is Bipartisanship Worth the Hassle?12 comments

ACG wrote 2 months ago: Not anymore. Political myths have value — it’s been true for at least 2,072 years, since … more →

Tags: Author - ACG, Politics, bipartisanship, Health Care, Healthcare, Obamacare, Olympia Snowe, political symbols

Dirty Politics: Smathers, Pepper, and Quasi Malediction in American Political Folklore

Bonnie Taylor-Blake wrote 2 months ago: Bonnie Taylor-Blake For more than 60 years, American political folklore has featured the sly candida … more →

Tags: Smathers, Pepper, Extrovert, Thespian, Nepotism, Celibacy, quasi malediction, malapropism, smear speech

Fearing Not I'll Become My Enemy in the Instant I Preach2 comments

1contrarian wrote 2 months ago: As usual Sherry’s recent posts have made me think. As a white man I feel embarrassed when I see the … more →

Tags: Democrats, GOP, racism, Media, Health Care, essays, The Contrarian, racism, Bigotry


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