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McCain & Jesus…


The semester has ended, my grading is finished, and now I have to get ready for sabbatical. That's what has been taking much of my time (Oh, and a conference I just got back from...), but, for your reading pleasure here's a quintessential move -- the comparison to Jesus Christ: (from The Atlanta Jo ...>

Sex-Ed McCain and Obama


By now I bet all of you out there have heard about the ad that the McCain campaign put out accusing Sen. Obama of wanting to teach sex-ed to kindergartners "before they learn to read." There is a growing media backlash against the McCain campaign because, frankly, the ad and the constant lying has ...>

“Truthiness” in Action


If you were ever waiting for an example of "Truthtiness" in action, look no further than today's Washington Post. As you will recall, truthiness, a satirical neologism invented by Stephen Colbert back in 2005 (of The Colbert Report fame. I hope you know this and have not been living under a rock), r ...>

Counterattack on Sex. Ed.


Finally, somebody doing the kind of ad necessary to challenge McCain's deceptive ad on same sex. ed. Notice the framing does not repeat McCain's attack. What it does is challenge McCain on a believable claim "Isn't he just another politician saying whatever to get elected..." making the point that ...>

NY Times article on Gov. Palin, Ouch


Ouch is right, this article in The New York Times finally has somebody in the media (besides the ladies of The View, who are, of course, not truly media) looking hard at Gov. Palins' record. Eye-opening. Check it out. ...>

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