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Prevention First

Democrats are doing things the right way with the Prevention First legislation proposed by Harry Reid and Hilary Clinton. When they stick to their principles and present policy that shows their vision, they're suddenly a party I can get behind. Keep this up, and people won't be saying we live …

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Framing Example: Flip Strength

One of the things that's hard to get across about frames (in the linguistic sense) is that they talk about the interplay between ideas and the words that express those ideas. Political framing adds a third element: public discourse. I'd like to write a few posts about examples of frames …

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A Step Up

The cover story of this week's Weekly Standard: Against Rendition: Why the CIA shouldn't outsource interrogations to countries that torture, by Reuel Marc Gerecht.

Way to go, guys.

The Weekly Standard, if you're not aware, is an established and influential conservative magazine. Again, this is their cover story. I can …

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