Joe Brewer and George Lakoff have published a new analysis that looks at the importance of “cognitive policy” – the process of constructing the assumptions that underlie actual material policy decisions. For instance: Conservative cognitive policy over many years has resulted in the following ideas being promulgated to the public: Successful wealthy people merit their success. Those who are not
Read moreWell, duh. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Monday endorsed a proposed Colorado Human Life Amendment that would define personhood as a fertilized egg. Of course, Preacher Huck hasn’t stopped to ponder all the practical and logistical nightmares this kind of silliness would engender. For instance: If my wife is pregnant, can I claim Unborn, Jr. as a tax exemption?
Read moreIt’s official, more or less: The decision became official as SMU’s board of trustees approved an agreement with the Bush Foundation, which will manage construction and raise money for the project, expected to cost more than $200 million. This has to be the most ironic moment in the history of either presidents or libraries. I mean, you’ll have a copy
Read moreThe University of Colorado Regents have issued a statement apparently aimed at people who, like me, have deep reservations about their appointment of a highly partisan global warming denying oil executive who’s less educated than 99% of the college presidents in America and who has a track record of attacking the very foundations of tenure and academic freedom to run
Read moreThe fun never ends.
Read morePresumptive GOP nominee John McCain last night told reporters that: “Anyone who worries about how long we’re in Iraq does not understand the military and does not understand war.†Maybe. Maybe not. But my reply would be this: anyone who doesn’t worry about how long we’re in Iraq does not understand the American public. As one of my old professors
Read moreYup, that’s about the size of it.
Read moreYou saw the Obama video. Now, in the interest of equal time, our friends at AmericaBlog offer a rebuttal from John McCain.
Read moreHowie Klein has an interesting take on Ron Paul and the GOP over at Down with Tyranny, noting the antipathy between the Paul and McCain camps and wondering how much this is going to hurt the Republicans in November. He also notes that Paul is pulling back from the Prez race to concentrate on securing his Congressional seat against a
Read moreYou probably already heard that Romney is “suspending” his campaign. Apparently the decision had nothing to do with the fact that he’s getting his ass handed to him from one coast to the other. No, the reasoning is far more noble: “If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of
Read moreYow. In case you missed it, here’s a clip from Mitt Romney’s Black People Love Us! audition tape. When they make a movie about Mitt’s life, we can pretty much count on Fred Willard in the lead role, right? Or maybe Steve Carell?
Read moreIt’s just not John McCain’s day, apparently. First, Sam Seder hops a ride on the Not So Straight Talk Express.
Read moreMike Huckabee laments: “I always get asked the God questions,” he said, adding that “it’s really been frustrating” that people don’t want to know more about his work as Arkansas governor. Truly, this is baffling. I mean, the Rev. Huck has a track record as a political leader, and it’s hard to understand why people keep asking him about the
Read moreOkay, somewhere Baby Jesus is crying. I have all kinds of questions, but the big one is this: all the evangelical megachurch choirs in America, and they couldn’t find but one non-tonedeaf person to be in this video? Baby Jesus is crying because the Republicans are hurting his ears. How about for 2009 we focus on 12 days of choir
Read moreFound this great essay by University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey R. Stone over at ACSBlog, and I thought it might be of interest to some readers here. In short, no Mitt, Jesus didn’t write the Constitution. Pardon the longish quote, but it’s worth the read. Then click the link and go read the rest of the piece, which gets
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