On Equalization Rhetoric…
The purpose of this particular post is to address the rhetoric surrounding equalization payments… and believe you me, there is a lot that gets lost in the rhetoric. Therefore, this…
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Words and Violence #nlpoli
Canadian writer J.J. McCullough used a column in the Washington Post last week to ask a very useful question: why it is that the progressive society in Quebec produces “so…
Words and Violence #nlpoli
Canadian writer J.J. McCullough used a column in the Washington Post last week to ask a very useful question: why it is that the progressive society in Quebec produces “so…
“Oppressed Majority”: What’s missing?
At the risk of getting a whole lot of Feminist hateration on this- I’m just going to say this: People who are loving this video are people who already get…
Obama regains “Eye of the Tiger” in 2nd Presidential Debate
I missed the first Presidential Debate last week, but gathered from the chatter that Mitt Romney stole a round from a woefully-underprepared President Obama. The commentary gave the sense that…
Commemorating Joe Romm’s “Language Intelligence”
Joe Romm‘s book Language Intelligence is now out in the US (but maddeningly, remains unavailable in Canada). Early reviews proclaim it as both a rhetorical masterpiece, and a masterpiece on…