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Balancing Money & Happiness: A Discussion With Daniel Kahneman (VIDEO)

Laura Rowley | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Thinking: Fast and Slow, Money and Happiness, Nobel Prize, Video, Heuristics, Framing, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Prospect Theory, Heuristics and Biases, Biases, Nobel Prize in Economics, Decision Making, Fifty News

Daniel Kahneman is one of the most important thinkers on human decision making. The Princeton psychologist won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002 fo...

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Taxes Are Going Up: Breaking the Code

Ruth Sherman | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Public-Speaking, Political Speech, Framing, Political Communication, Framing of Issues, Democrats, Repubicans, 2012, Politics News
Ruth Sherman

How do I know? Because politicians use coded language and in the past week or so a new phrase has appeared in the political discourse: And that phrase...

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Laying-Off Teachers To Demonstrate How Much They Are Appreciated

David Coates | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Deficit, Foreclosure Crisis, Competitiveness, Poverty, Unemployment, Framing, Democrats-Push-Back, Sputnik Moment, Deficit Hawks, Teachers, Taxation, Public Services, Inequality, Politics News
David Coates

At what point will the president tell the speaker of the House of Representatives that teacher appreciation is vital to the long-term economic health of this country? That point ought to be now.

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They Aren't Pro-Life, They Are Anti-Choice

Conan Neutron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Framing, Abortion Rights, Planned Parenthood Funding, Anti-Abortion, Death Penalty, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Anti-Choice Movement, Politics News
Conan Neutron

I want anybody that cares about what a woman is allowed to do with her body to do one simple thing. Do not let ANYBODY use the term pro-life, ever. If...

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The Right to a Future: We Need a New Lexicon for Conveying Climate Collapse

Raffi Cavoukian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Hansen, 350ppm, Framing, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Climate Change, The-Long-Emergency, Green News
Raffi Cavoukian

Are we tweeting while Earth burns? Is climate collapse our new collective Titanic? How do we best describe the survival struggle of 7 billion in a way that connects?

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Driving Mr. Krugman: How We Talk About the Economy

Anat Shenker-Osorio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Krugman, Economic Policy, Framing, Tax, Economy, New York Times, Obama Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, Bush Tax Cuts, Communication, Business News
Anat Shenker-Osorio

In a world gone wrong, at least we can count on Paul Krugman. The Nobel Laureate eviscerates the convoluted logic behind the proposed economic policy fiasco dressed up as a stimulus plan.

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You Say Tax Cut... Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Anat Shenker-Osorio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Language, Reframing, Framing, Economy, Tax Cuts, Recession, Barack Obama, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Anat Shenker-Osorio

Even attempts to evoke our ire at this train-wreck of a policy like "billionaire bailout" or "millionaire bonus" still don't profile the new round of damage we're about to inflict on ourselves.

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End Dynasty Welfare. Start the "Dynasty Tax"

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death Tax, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Wealthy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Dynasty, Estate Tax, Framing, Spin, Frank Luntz, Politics News
Rob Kall

cross-posted from OpEdNews.com It is time for the congress to stop giving dynasty welfare to the richest Americans. Conservatives love their word ...

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Red Lenses on a Rainbow of Revolutions

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cognitive Policy Works, Color Revolutions, Media, Journalistic Integrity, Journalism, Iran, Democracy Movements, Reporters, Civil Resistance, Repression, Cognitive Psychology, Framing, Frames, Bbc, Media Techniques, George Lakoff, Democracy, Green Revolution, Democracy Struggle, Nonviolent Struggle, Metaphor, Reporting, Journalism Norms, Aung San Suu Kyi, W. Lance Bennett, Nonviolence, Cnn, Media Framing, Burma, Saffron Revolution, Nonviolent Action, Media Bias, Investigative Reporting, Media News
Cynthia Boaz

Reposted from OpenDemocracy.net, series on Civil Resistance and the New Global Ferment Given continued strikes in Iran and the freeing of Aung San S...

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Friday Talking Points [137] -- Listen To Westen And Lakoff, Democrats!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Debate, Tea Party, President Obama, Delaware, Marijuana, Legalize, Narrative, Forgotten Crimes, Drew Westen, Dianne Feinstein, DC Madam, Iraq, Obama, Democratic, Arizona, Difi, Vitter, Democratic Party, Governor, Lieberman, Republican, Nepotism, Video, Giuliani, Emanuel, Unions, Midotw, Craig Ferguson, Union, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Press Conference, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Prostitute, Scholarships, Louisiana, Rattner, House, Framing, Fuck the UAW, George Lakoff, Steve Rattner, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Louisiana Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Prop 19, Rudy Giuliani, Lakoff, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Chris Weigant, Proposition 19, Eddie Johnson, Joe Lieberman, Messaging, Uaw, Friday Talking Points, David Vitter, Senate, Westen, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last week, I heard an interesting take on the political scene: that both parties seem to be trying mightily to lose the upcoming midterm elections. R...

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Beck-Palin 2010

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally, Congress, Framing, Narrative, Priming, Afghanistan War, Public Service, Veterans, Iraq War, West Point, Military, Army, Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Election 2010, US Government, Glenn Beck, Air Force Academy, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Beck and Palin are like an all purpose high school gang: the quirky, sagacious Honor Society geek and the homecoming queen who claims the ROTC kids as backup. Interestingly, the ROTC kids are never present to deny the alliance.

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Progressive Media Bolstering Republican/Fox News Agenda

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Criticism, Media, Framing, Progressives, President Obama, Media News
Randy Shaw

Here's a thought. What if the progressive media stopped reporting on every silly idea promoted by Sarah Palin and used that time to report on positive actions by the federal government to help people.

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Friday Talking Points [134] -- Some Reality For Gibbs

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Left, Leadership, White House, Ted Stevens, President Obama, Lefty, Pentagon, Hud, Washington, Timothy Horrigan, Donovan, Obama, Thats Not Reality, Alan Grayson, Charlie Rangel, Geithner, Sarah Palin, Grayson, Friday Talking Points, Keith Halloran, Pelosi, Stevens, 2010, Judas, Midotw, Press Secretary, Nancy Pelosi, Friday the 13th, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Press Conference, Halloran, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Left Handed, Reid, Professional Left, Sinister, House, Framing, Gibbs, Lefties, Congress, Plane Crash, Judas Iscariot, Bozo the Spokesman, Shaun Donovan, Barack Obama, Election, Enthusiasm Gap, Rangel, Mddotw, Cabinet, Chris Weigant, Midterm, Tim Geithner, Palin, Harry Reid, Horrigan, Messaging, Robert Gibbs, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Happy Friday the Thirteenth, everyone. It's actually a fitting day for this column, which I'll explain in a bit. Because before we get to that, we si...

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Reframing Yourself and Your Business: Take a Page from a Master Who Evolved into an App

April Rudin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non-Profits, Art, Fundraising, Reframing, Framing, Eli-Wilner, Iphone, Emanuel Leutze, Nonprofits, iPhone Apps, Ipad, Arts News
April Rudin

"Constancy is the hobgoblin of little minds," says Ralph Waldo Emerson. Sometimes we are in need of the "refresh" button. The ability to morph and change our ideas is essential for personal and business growth.

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Disaster Messaging

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Disaster Messaging, Lakoff, Arizona Immigration Law, Framing, Politics News
George Lakoff

The best political messaging requires an excellent communications system, or it won't be heard. Progressives have the money to build this, but do they understand the desperate need for such a system, and whether they have the will to build it?

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There You Go Again, Newt

Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weasel Words, Social Democrats, Framing, Gopac, John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, Framing Debate, Conservative, Liberal, Newt, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Scott Lilly

Gingrich's attempt to label Obama's administration a "secular socialist machine" has nothing to do with history and everything to do the kind of brass knuckle politics which will be his living legacy.

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Behind Obama's Speech: A Stale Strategy and A Value Vacuum

Keith Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Lakoff, Messaging, Obama Oil Spill Speech, BP Oil Spill, Energy Policy, Framing, Green News
Keith Harrington

Only by turning away from the pollsters and back to his core progressive values will the President find the political strength he needs to successfully lead the country out of the oil-spill and into a clean energy future.

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Hunter Cutting | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Health Care Reform, Communications, Reframing, Framing, Politics News
Hunter Cutting

A new poll out today on health care reform illustrates the blow-back from years of anti-government framing, by both conservatives and progressives. I...

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The Poll Democrats Need to Know About

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Polls, Value-Shifting, California Budget, Cognitive Linguistics, Framing, Jerry Brown, Public Opinion Polls, Public Opinion, Democracy, California Democracy Act, California Budget Crisis, Conservative Media, Taxes, Conservative Framing, Revenue, Tax Revenue, Politics News
George Lakoff

This is a case study of how inadequate polling can lead Democrats to accept and promote a radical Republican view of reality.

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Just Say: "Wall Street Reform"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Wall St, Mr Rogers, President Obama, Bank Reform, Framing, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Main Street, Democrat, Chris Dodd, Obama, Democratic, Reform, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Wall St Reform, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Dodd, Banking Reform, Republicans, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If necessary, Democratic officeholders and candidates should practice in front of a mirror. Say "Wall Street reform" one hundred times, and when you're speaking in public, it'll leap to your lips.

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Health Reform Post-Mortem

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, President Obama, Post-Mortem, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Democratic Party, Agenda, Republican, Base, Clinton, Baucus, Left, Health Care, Reid, Bill Clinton, Democratic Base, House, Framing, Democrat, Congress, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Bipartisan, Democrats, Barack Obama, Wasserman-Schultz, Opinion Poll, Chris Weigant, Health, Message, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Senate, Healthcare, Dws, Politics News
Chris Weigant

In order to get anything done this year, things are going to have to move a lot faster than health reform moved. The pace has to be stepped up from "glacial."

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Next: The War of Words on Health Care

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthcare Legislation, Talking Points, Healthcare Reform, Framing, Politics News
Rob Kall

We need to reassess relationships and get down to work. For one thing, we want to get behind Grayson's bill that allows anyone to buy into medicare. And we need to minimize the damage done this fall.

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Framing

Jim Randel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Traffic, Patience, Business, Self-Discipline, Anthony-Robbins, Framing, Willpower, Healthy Living News
Jim Randel

Instead of reminding myself every day that I had one of the shortest commutes of anyone in America, I started bemoaning the school bus traffic.

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Framing Risks, Losses, and Costs During the Health Care Reform Debate

Brian Schaffner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Framing, Health Care, Pollster, Politics News
Brian Schaffner

Brendan Nyhan posted yesterday about his article in the just-released special issue of The Forum on the politics of health care reform. There are seve...

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Deficit Spending at Home

Anat Shenker-Osorio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, House, Mortgages, Debt, Deficit, Economics, Federal Budget Deficit, Reframing, Framing, Investment, Budget, Government Spending, Messaging, Communication, Business News
Anat Shenker-Osorio

In buying a home we are running not only a deficit, but also creating a debt. When government does this, theyʼre "mortgaging our future"; when we do it, weʼre fulfilling the American Dream.

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