You Wanna Win a Nobel Peace Prize, Too?
As you know, Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday. At first, I thought it was some sort of joke. And then I decided it actually was. “Wow. They’re giving them out to everyone now, aren’t they?” The sentiment is not mine alone. For example, Ana Marie Cox, National Correspondent for Air America […]
The Semantics of “Healthcare Reform”
Michael Cloud decades ago said, profoundly, “In the jungle, the rule is kill or be killed. In politics, either define or be defined. Because words are weapons; words are tools.” (From the Essence of Political Persuasion CD series.) If you want to control the direction of a debate, find a way to control the language […]
Lie Detecting: A Bullshit Episode Penn & Teller Should Do
Penn & Teller haven’t yet done an episode on lie detecting for their Emmy-nominated series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (which you can get on DVD). On Bullshit Penn & Teller expose, rip apart, and generally make fun of nonsense from talking to the dead to alien abduction to alternative, new-age medical mumbo jumbo to conspiracy […]
The Asshole vs. the Nicest Man You’d Ever Want to Meet
By J. Timothy King on July 30, 2009
A very old friend of mine pointed me to this article at the Boston Herald, about Paul Keigan and his story of how the American dream is over. Long story short: Paul Keigan started out as a Canadian immigrant 48 years ago, with $96 and the American dream. He got into sales at a car […]
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