The 2020 election is less than a month away and Democratic consultants have raised concerns that some “movement slogans” could cost the party seats in…
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Mass media and their role in public policy and cultural debates.
Progressive activists, well-intentioned as they might be, have managed to colonize Spanish and other Latin languages in the cause of gender-neutral language. This linguistic colonialism…
Comments closedMy syllabus asks people to respect differences and how individuals wish to be addressed. And yet, I managed to offend a colleague who previewed recent…
Comments closed“What is your opinion of the #BlackLivesMatter and George Floyd protests?” a follower asked, rhetorically. “You’re not commenting on your blog or publicly on social…
Comments closedMinds will not be changed before, during, or after the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The impeachment is not a formal argument, it is merely…
Comments closedThese are the tricks used by websites to increase click-through rates: Second-person language First-person, sometimes, as relationship builder Hyperbole about knowledge and information Offers of…
Comments closedLiberty. Freedom. Justice. Equality. Rights. Privilege. Fairness. (This list could continue to include hundreds of words and thousand of phrases.) Conservatives, liberals, progressives, libertarians… each…
Comments closedI have followed the last two weeks as professors in fields that supposedly study critical thinking, decision making, fallacies, persuasion, and so on, have quickly…
Comments closedTeaching traditional “English” was never my ambition. When I considered teaching as a high school student, I wanted to teach media: journalism, photography, and television…
Comments closedDonald Trump knows what he is saying when he utters racist, sexist, xenophobic phrases. I also assume he believes what he says, based on various…
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