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Maturing child - Lakoff says that conservatives look at developed nations as adults and developing nations as children -- which makes the UN [especially the General Assembly] ridiculous, because it's mostly composed of children and often tells the adults what to do. In... Posted in lakoff the genius | 0 Trackbacks | 37 Comments

And now, ladies and gentlemen: Lakoff the Genius - So it was slightly dodgy of thinkness to start filing posts into a category without properly defining it, so here it is: I'm starting a new category called Lakoff the Genius. I read his book Don't Think of an Elephant... Posted in lakoff the genius , political currents | 21 Trackbacks | 175 Comments
Conservative environmentalism - Last week Slate highlighted the trend of environmental-minded neocons, who are now advocating green policy and even driving hybrid cars. It makes sense for them: they don't want to feed tons of money to Saudi Arabia's conservative, autocratic regime [among... Posted in lakoff the genius , political currents | 2 Trackbacks | 404 Comments

Party Pooper - One Fed chairman apparently said his job was to "take away the punch bowl just when the party gets going." Damn dismal science. Also, it seems that Paul Krugman is a card-carring Lakoffnik. [He says Alan Greenspan is a "stern... Posted in color , lakoff the genius , political currents | 0 Trackbacks | 66 Comments