George Lakoff

Family Bonding at Tax Time

Hayden Bixby | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Taxes, Turbotax, Tax Gnome, Partnership for Montana's Future, Irs, Thank Taxes, George Lakoff, Tax Day, Tax Season, Money News

I have to admit that I'm sad to see another tax season come to a close. I'm not saying I love paying taxes, but I am saying that I love doing taxes.

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The Three Horsemen of Arts Education

Nick Rabkin | Posted 02.14.2012

If more education policymakers begin to recognize the poor returns that school reform has brought, we may, even in this time of deep economic strain, see a new openness to the arts in our schools.

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Rick Perry Is A Daddy Brand

Brian Hardwick | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Presidential Politics, Republican Primary, George Lakoff, Rick Perry, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Rick Perry 2012, Politics News

I can't help think that despite the amazing amount of logical arguments that have emerged over the last week undermining Rick Perry's candidacy, he re...

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Wisconsin and the GOP's War on the Middle Class

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative World View, State Budgets, Public Employees, Labor, Wisconsin, Republican Governors, Middle Class, Scott Walker, Governor Scott Walker, George Lakoff, Labor Unions, Public Employee Unions, Recession, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

In a post about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's bid to strip public employee unions of collective bargainingVan Jones wrote: If a foreign powe...

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Republicans Renew War on Women

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Republican Party, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, War, Republicans, Abortion, Women, Women's Rights, Values, George Lakoff, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Politics News

The new Republican House majority has proposed savage restrictions of women's reproductive rights, another brutal attack in the three-decades-old Republican war on women.

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Friday Talking Points [153] -- SOTU-palooza

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The past week in politics was, quite obviously, dominated by President Obama's "State Of The Union" speech to Congress. For those of you who may have...

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New Year's Resolution for Democrats: Stop Being Out-Branded by Republicans

Zach Friend | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Narrative, Health Care Reform, Branding, George Lakoff, Frank Luntz, Democrats, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republicans, Politics News

Democrats have to climb down out of their heads and get reacquainted with their hearts and their guts. Learn how to express feelings, not just arguments. If they can do that, they'll have a big advantage

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Friday Talking Points [149] -- Making Holiday Sausage

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The holidays are just around the corner, and the preparatory legislative sausage-making on Capitol Hill is in full swing. What a happy, happy time of...

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Red Lenses on a Rainbow of Revolutions

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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The Potential Disastrous End of PBS/NPR is Over-rated

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Liberal Media, Juan Williams, Npr, George Lakoff, Jim Demint, Right-Wing-Echo-Chamber, Media News

Still, I stand by my belief that the end of NPR and PBS would be good for the left, for liberals and progressives. Here's why.

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Calling Obama the Fighter

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drew Westen, George Lakoff, Political Narrative, Democrats, 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, President Obama, Elections 2010, Politics News

It's good that Barack Obama is an idealist. It's good that he wants to be a conciliator who believes that there should be a new moral tone in Washington. But now is the time for realism.

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Obama's Bipartisan Obsession (Finally) Ends

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's speech signaled that he's over his obsession with chasing the nonexistent pipe dream of bipartisanship from Republicans. He defined what his party stands for and why their values are superior to Republicans'.

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This Fall's Election Is Not About Policies and Programs: It's About Right and Wrong

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Right and Wrong, Democratic Campaign Message, Mid-Term Elections, George Lakoff, Politics News

In this election a moral frame is particularly important because it allows Democrats to play offense. We will not win a debate over whether we have been "effective" enough at digging out of the economic hole that Bush and the Republicans left.

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Friday Talking Points [131] -- Democratic Campaign Advice

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, Congress -- moving with its usual less-than-blinding speed -- passed a Wall Street reform bill, a mere two years after the crisis hit. Wal...

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Friday Talking Points [130] -- Who Is This "They" Obama Speaks Of?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since we took last week off to write something patriotic for Independence Day weekend, we've got two weeks to cover today. Fortunately, every other w...

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Climate Deniers are Polluting the Blogosphere

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Lakoff, Climategate, ab32, Climate Deniers, Environment, Al Gore, Climate Change, California, Green News

With climate denial resurgent and linking into the nebulous populist Tea Party movement, the blogosphere has become even more polluted by deniers.

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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

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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Aspirational Delusion Syndrome: What it Says About the Right

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magical Thinking, Party-of-No, Joe the Plumber, Liberals, Adult Behavior, Obama, Glenn Beck, George Lakoff, Conservatives, Democrats, Tea Party, Bush, Republicans, Politics News

The vast majority of conservatives, like most Americans, are not rich. So why should they be so devoted to the interests of a class they don't belong to? "Aspirational Delusion Syndrome."

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Lakoff: The Poll Democrats Need to Know About

Guest Pollster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Framing, George Lakoff, Interpreting Polls, Ballot Initiatives, Pollster, Politics News

George Lakoff is Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, and the author of T...

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Bipartisanship and Other Urban Legends

Cindy Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

If voters reject the Dems in November, it won't be because they legislated too far to the left, or to the right: It will be because they were outflanked by their opposition and didn't get to legislate at all.

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Why I Won't Be Saying "Twenty Ten"

Cassandra M. Bellantoni | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nanette Asimov, Proper Grammar, 2010, Collective Consciousness, SF Chronicle, George Lakoff, Star Trek, Nagg, Healthy Living News

I want the 2000s to be leaps and bounds ahead of the 1900s, deserving of the extra syllable.

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CAP's Lawrence Korb: More Fringe Than Orly Taitz?

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rethink Afghanistan, Surgers, George Lakoff, Lawrence Korb, Afghanistan, War on Terror, Peter Paul and Mary, Bruce Riedel, Evan Frisch, Osama Bin Laden, World News

The War on Terror frame is dangerous, and the policies that emerge from it make us less secure while failing to stop terrorism.

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The Power of Language: Dems Failing to Sell Healthcare Reform

Blaise Zerega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: fora.tv, Boyle's Law, Health Care Reform, Blaise Zerega, George Lakoff, Health Insurance, Democrats, Obama Health Care, Politics News

The lexicon for health care has expanded to include the plural noun, "town hallers." Language expert George Lakoff soberly picks apart the rancorous words being volleyed from both sides.

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ReThinking 12 Angry Men: On Sotomayor and Empathy in Our Justice System

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Reviews, 12 Angry Men, Sonia Sotomayor, Rethink Reviews, Henry Fonda, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Sidney Lumet, George Lakoff, Entertainment News

It's empathy, the ability to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes, that protects us from the kind of simplistic, closed-minded caricaturing that leads to racism, classism and sexism.

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