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

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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
Derrick Crowe

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 09.13.2009 | Politics

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

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 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

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
Jonathan Kim

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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The Eroticization of Equality and Social Justice

Hillary Rettig | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Rettig, George Lakoff, The Lifelong Activist, Romance, Love, Fiction, Freedom, Politics News
Hillary Rettig

What do conservatives -- and repressive regimes and ideologies the world over -- have against romance, love and sex? Why do they need to control them so much?

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Was It Him, or His Obama?

Sharon Glassman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Yes We Can, No Nukes, Election '08, George Lakoff, Will.I.Am, Passion, Election Results, Obama Boy, Barack Obama, Voting, Living News
Sharon Glassman

I smiled. Obama Boy smiled. I read his nametag. Part of me considered how his last name might look hyphenated to mine. And then, we caucused our way to the auditorium to do our duty.

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The Meek Shall Not Inherit

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prosperity Gospel, Barack Obama Tax Plan, Wealth, Economy, Tax Cuts, Joe the Plumber, Religion and Politics, George Lakoff, Barack Obama, McCain Tax Cuts, Politics News
Terrance Heath

In my work-related news reading this morning, I came across an interesting take on Obama's exchange with "Joe the Plumber." The truth is that Obama in...

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A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It?

Jennifer Nix | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Independent Booksellers, Robert Kuttner, Publishing, Obama Nation, Margo Baldwin, Glenn Greenwald, George Lakoff, Chelsea Green, Progressive Media, Jerome Corsi, Obama's Challenge, Technology, Barack Obama, Barnes and Noble, Media News
Jennifer Nix

Obama Nation is a pathetic excuse for a book and is just one more example of how the right effectively moves their lies into the national discourse while the left fails to do so with progressive ideas.

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Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Rhetoric, John McCain, Negative Attacks, Barack Obama, Obama Rhetoric, George Lakoff, Obama Ads, Politics News
Joseph Romm

You can't debunk a myth by verbally repeating it. This is actually very basic stuff, so it is surprising that neither Obama nor his team understand it.

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Why the Right's Messaging is Working

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gaffe, John McCain, Youth, Trust, Money, George Lakoff, This Week, Barack Obama Polls, John Amato, Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Paris Hilton/Britney Spears Attack Ad, Power, Qualities, Control, The Terminator, Young Turks, Crooks and Liars, Old Man Dozing, George Stephanopoulos, Flip-Flop, Child Lights Fire, Oil, Foreign, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Petraeus, Simplicity, Celebrity, The Political Mind, Mistake, Confidence, Linguist, Values Voters, Think, Repetition, Unconscious, Language, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Why is the young brilliant upstart Obama only ahead by single digits. At least part of the reason is this: John McCain knows how to control his message.

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Resurrecting Literature: Sustenance for the Progressive Soul

Jennifer Nix | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Nationalism, Short Stories, Literature, To Kill a Mockingbird, Police, Chicago, Anarchist, Xenophobia, George W. Bush, George Lakoff, Progressives, Fiction, Pet Goat, Terrorist, Immigration, Democrats, Bestsellers, Politics of Fear, Politics, History, Activism, Racism, Nonfiction, Aleksandar Hemon, Grapes of Wrath, Fox News Channel, The Lazarus Project, Sarajevo, Huffpost Books, Living News
Jennifer Nix

I once again see the potential and power of literature, and hope to tell new and necessary stories. As activists, we must not lose sight of art. Here are some questions I posed to Aleksandar Hemon.

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McCain's Stump Speech for Obama

ZP Heller | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, George Lakoff, Barack Obama, John McCain, Progressives, Mccain Change, Obama Change, Politics News
ZP Heller

McCain played right into Obama's hands by devoting his entire speech to countering Obama's message of "change" with his own message of, well, "change."

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