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Incredible Incredulity

Politics and Language ― I have complained in this blog about my colleagues’ use of “incredible” as a superlative. My pedantry has not impressed my colleagues. Incredibly, I persist. My first objection to common use of “incredible” among...

Tags: Cliches, Literacy And Post-Literacy, Spin, Uncategorized

Ostrom ― 14 May, 12

Santorum Tries To Make Everything Religion (;or, “Heidi, Save Us!”)

Politics and Language ― A recent post reflected on politicians’ propensity to turn every disagreement into a war; the Republicans, especially, seem fond of this tactic, but it is not theirs exclusively. Now Rick Santorum seems to be reviving and polishing the ...

Tags: Creating Political Enemies, Decline Of Journalism, Fallacies, Fear, Literacy And Post-Literacy, The Pseudocracy

Ostrom ― 19 Feb, 12

C.S. Lewis on Writing

Politics and Language ― Below appear some tips on writing that C.S. Lewis offered to a young aspiring writer–in a letter, which is in C.S. Lewis’s Letters to Children. “Always” and “Never” will bother many writers and readers, just...

Tags: Decline Of Journalism, Difficulty/obscurity, Literacy And Post-Literacy, Notable Quotations

Ostrom ― 7 Feb, 12

The Wages of the Pseudocracy Is Dysfunction

Politics and Language ― I’ve long been intrigued by the sentence, from Paul’s letter to the Romans, “The wages of sin is death.” The main source of intrigue demonstrates, again, what a nerd I am, for I wonder why the sentence wasn’t ...

Tags: Crisis-mangement, Decline Of Journalism, Deconstructive Use Of Language, Fallacies, Literacy And Post-Literacy, Lying

Ostrom ― 14 Jul, 11

Budget-Talks Yield Weary Metaphors

Politics and Language ― From the Fox News site I have learned that “White House Summit Fails To Yield Deal As Shutdown Approaches.” What is the summit of the White House? How does a summit yield a deal or anything else? Is a shut-down approaching, or are...

Tags: Cliches, Figurative Language, Literacy And Post-Literacy, Slogans

Ostrom ― 8 Apr, 11

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