Notes On The Delicious Art of Arguing
I didn’t say “debating.” I gave it some thought. Arguing is a broader category. True, much of that extra terrain doesn’t interest me. Who should have set aside the money for the gas bill...
Tagged: rhetoric
Shakespeare in American Politics
Guest Author T. Greer eulogizes the neglect of our literary heritage in contemporary rhetoric.
The Highest Profile Legal Writing Clinic Ever
The legal writing in Obergefell v. Hodges is both a model and a caution for future writers, especially those who, like lawyers, would write to persuade.
The Nigel Tufnel Theory of Rhetoric
Nigel Tufnel understood you can’t play along at eleven all the time. And he was an idiot.
Obama’s Rhetoric Continues to Lose Altitude
Doug Henwood summarizes an important decline in the reading level of State of the Union addresses,
Polarization and Persuasion
Yesterday the Washington Post noted that A pair of tepid jobs reports, landmark Supreme Court decisions on health-care and immigration laws, and an unprecedented barrage of negative ads have shaped the opening months of...
Jay Nordlinger Doesn’t Care About Black People
Contrary to what I imagine every non-wingnut first thought upon reading it, this piece was not actually written by Stephen Colbert [emphasis mine]: Every once in a while, something will happen that makes me think, “Oh,...
Torture and the Rhetoric of Evil
Since it’s apparently “Torture Awareness Week” here at the League, yet another — I’m on the road, so forgive me if I continue to ignore the comments section until early next week. (But that...
Reform Conservatism, Not Conservatives
It’s clear to me that Conor and to a lesser extent Rod don’t understand what Jamelle, Freddie, E.D., and myself have been driving at in our various critiques of reform-minded conservatism. Conor’s misunderstanding is...
Another (predictable) liberal defense of Rep. Grayson
Justin, a Friend of the Blog, isn’t terribly happy with the language Rep. Grayson (infamously?) used to describe the Republican health care alternative: There is no sense in which the Republicans want people to...
