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November 2010

November 02, 2010

Obama uses Clinton's 1994 speech

Pro-Obama pundit Dana Milbank notes a curious fact about the President's campaign speeches: As he...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

The insanity charge

Kyle-Anne Shiver notes another trend in today's political rhetoric from the left: Accusing those they...

October 20, 2010

The most arrogant words ever?

Another unpacking of presidential rhetoric, this time by Michael Gerson: "Part of the reason that...

September 2010

September 24, 2010

Kiddie profanity

Their parents must think it cute: Children as young as two are now dropping f-bombs,...

July 2010

July 02, 2010

Dehumanizing your opponent

Conservative commentator Michael Gerson draws some lines that cut through both existing parties and potentially...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

“Freedom of Religion” vs. “Freedom of Worship”?

Some human rights and religious freedom activists have noted that President Obama and the State...

May 2010

May 20, 2010

Democrats seek new language

An exceedingly odd tidbit from The Washington Post's political columnist Perry Bacon: Democrats should not...

May 19, 2010

What’s in a name?

You have probably heard by now of the latest survey of baby names, finding that...

May 10, 2010

The Greek retirement package

If you are a Greek public service worker, you can retire at age 53, getting...

April 2010

April 19, 2010

If you must speak improperly, do it correctly

I'm fascinated by the various dialects of English and have studied them a little in...

April 05, 2010

Where does the word “Easter” come from?

David Koyzis has a fascinating post on that question. Other languages call the festival of...

March 2010

March 25, 2010

To stupak

Bart Stupak, the pro-life Democratic congressman from Michigan, went from a hero to a goat...

March 17, 2010

The Falerian Schoolmaster

My daughter Joanna, a Latin teacher, told me a great story from Livy. It can...

March 12, 2010

Gendercide

Mollie Hemingway writes about media coverage of sex-selective abortion, particularly in China and India where...

March 08, 2010

Analogies

I love analogies. Here is one from Charles Krauthammer on a conundrum in the health...

February 2010

February 15, 2010

Book bombing “Spirituality of the Cross”

On Saturday, I posted something about the release of the new revised version of my...

January 2010

January 26, 2010

The Gadarene rush

I quote George Will here not to vaunt over liberals, as he does, but to...

January 22, 2010

Words that also mean the opposite of themselves

In yesterday's post about Patrick Henry College's national championship in moot court, tODD commented that...

December 2009

December 14, 2009

Consequences of the “one-child policy”

Just as some Westerners have started advocating laws to prevent families from having more than...

December 01, 2009

I don’t know why you say “hello”

One of our most common words is the greeting, "hello." Do you know where that...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Secrets vs. Mysteries

One of the illuminating qualities of the book I have been recommending, Grace Upon Grace:...

November 24, 2009

“Inappropriate” vs. “Improper”

Edward Skidelsky in Prospect Magazine writes about Words that think for us . He notes...

November 12, 2009

Good names for towns

tODD and I got this going in the comment thread on my post about last...

September 2009

September 10, 2009

What makes this writing bad?

Dan Brown, author of the Christian-bashing, made-up-history-presented-as-truth, mega-selling novel The Da Vinci Code has a...

July 2009

July 02, 2009

Health Care Rationing is N.I.C.E.

One Eternal Day assembles material from a number of sources on how nationalized health care...

July 01, 2009

What is hypocrisy?

Over at the First Things blog, there is a good discussion of the nature of...

June 2009

June 24, 2009

Not a prophet nor the son of a prophet

Liberal evangelical Jim Wallis, editor of "Sojourners" is saying that the satirical comedian Jon Stewart...

June 16, 2009

From “government option” to “public option”

More language games to make a policy sound more palatable. From Hugh Hewitt: The Obama

June 15, 2009

Post-traumatic embitterment disorder

The American Psychiatric Association is considering labeling bitterness as a mental illness: Having floated "Apathy...

June 05, 2009

Our new Special Master for Compensation

The Wall Street Journal reports White House Set to Appoint a Pay Czar: The Obama...