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Disaster Messaging
Posted on July 8, 2010 | 3 CommentsDemocrats are constantly resorting to disaster messaging. Here’s a description the typical situation. • The Republicans outmessage the Democrats. The Democrats, having no effective response, face disaster: They lose politically,... -
Little Words Mean Life or Death: Framing Health Care
Posted on May 10, 2009 | No Comments“Little words can mean death or life to someone.” -Electra, in Sophocles’ tragedy, Electra. People die who could be saved. People suffer who could recover. Those are the consequences of... -
Unstuck in time, or Castro! Negroes! Duck and Cover!
Posted on May 3, 2009 | No CommentsIn October, 1962, Mrs. Goode’s third grade class at Houston’s Longfellow Elementary School filed out of its classroom in “the shacks,” temporary wooden structures used to relieve overcrowding. We were... -
Secession and Racism
Posted on April 19, 2009 | 1 CommentAnd now, just after the inauguration of America’s first black president, comes loud talk of secession and nullification. What a coincidence. It seems like only yesterday that right-wingers were condemning... -
Beyond 2008: Hard Work
Posted on November 9, 2008 | No CommentsPundits almost never get post-presidential election analyses right. Remember 2004′s “value voters” who, it was believed, emerged from the church sanctuaries to re-elect George W. Bush? Stupid exit poll methodology... -
Bush as Empty Cargo Shorts: How Perfect Is That
Posted on July 20, 2008 | No CommentsAustin, Texas was once a laid-back, creative haven full of college students, hippies, affable red necks and university professors. Even the conservative Democrats in power in the late ’60s and...