theanchoressonline.com - 12/13/2008
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My latest piece for PJM is up over there , and I hope you’ll go take a look at it. Since I’m trying to keep my political writing leashed to where it intersects with faith, it looks at how Western Diplomacy, with its determination to talk secular, is “boxing with one ...
Too Much Political Dog Language
chicagoboyz.net 11/6/2008 — In 2004, I wrote about dog language and political language :
When you talk to a dog, you don’t have to worry a lot about using syllogisms, complete sentences, good analogies, or crisply-argued chains of logic. What he’s looking for is ...
Basketball: the Language of Diplomacy
politics.theatlantic.com 4/6/2009 — Another piece of President Obama's diplomacy with Turkey: his knowledge of NBA basketball. "The ties among our people have deepened as well, and more and more Americans of Turkish origin live and work and succeed within our borders. As a basketball ...
House language becomes gender neutral.
thinkprogress.org 1/6/2009 — In its new package of rule changes, the House has finally decided to make its official language gender neutral, recognizing the growing representation of women in Congress (including as Speaker of the House). Gone are references to “he,” ...
Language You Likely Won't Hear Today from President Obama in Canada
blogs.abcnews.com 2/21/2009 — "I will make sure that we renegotiate (NAFTA)," then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said during the Democratic debate in Cleveland, Ohio on Feb. 26, 2008. "We should use the hammer of a potential opt-out (of NAFTA) as leverage to ensure that...
Public Diplomacy 2.0 | The New America Foundation
newamerica.net 11/29/2008 — How the State Department, with partners like YouTube, Google and Facebook, is taking advantage of social networking technology to tell America's story and to encourage young people with political grievances to find outlets for their protests other ...
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)
thomas.loc.gov 3/18/2009 — o amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
The Language of Death
truthdig.com 1/15/2009 — Israel will, from now on, speak to the Palestinians in the language of death. And the language of death is all the Palestinians will be able to speak back. The slaughter—let’s stop pretending this is a war—is empowering an array of ...
How political media handle Blagojevich's $#&*/=@ language issue
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/12/2008 —
One of the offbeat yet interesting aspects of the fascinating political criminal drama playing out in Chicago nowadays is the incredibly obtuse way the political media feels it must handle the issue of crude language.
Swearing is not confined ...
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