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Victimization and the rape rhetoric
I doubt that no response was more intemperate than the one which appeared on the LawandLetters blog entitled “Take Back the Rhetoric on Rape” by Belle Lettre. Belle Lettre in the first sentence of her post sets the tone of what was to ...
1st Annual Carolina Rhetoric Conference
Bringing Clemson & USC together: 1st Annual Carolina Rhetoric Conference: In an attempt to create a space where doctoral students could meet, share work, get feedback, and improve papers and presentations for other conferences (ranging ...
beyond the rhetoric
They criticize his experience, his rhetoric, and even his pie-eyed supporters. In as much as I would like to point an equally judgmental finger at all of the negative naysayers, I won’t. At least for now. ...
Rhetoric Wizard
"Who are these people and what do they do? Bloody hell if I know. But what I can find is pretty awesome." the Rhetoric Wizard finds us by accident.
Getting beyond the Rhetoric
Readers of "A Dash" constitute a sophisticated investing audience. We know this both from comments and from email. Perhaps readers will take some time to help in our key mission -- the blog about a book. ...
Purposefully Empty Rhetoric
While the last three paragraphs are crap, I agreewith everything Gideon Rachman has to say in his column this week. Even his most bitter opponents grant Barack Obama one thing – he makes great speeches. The senator from Illinois is...
The rhetoric of words...
I understand the reasoning behind the focus on the words Barack Obama stating on the campaign trail are not his own, yet I'm more troubled by the fact that he's making a promise that his health care plan will be in effect before the end ...
Take Back the Rhetoric on Rape
I don't believe in the rhetorical trope of "gray rape," that a woman's inebriation nullifies her claim of rape. One part of Superbad that made me really uncomfortable was the scheming plan of one of the dudes to get his date so drunk ...
The Perfect War……Libs against Republicans…forget the Conservatives….
RUSH: Now, for the past two days, I have been lamenting the fact that the Republican Party is officially — well, not officially yet, but people behind the scenes at the RNC are leaking this without attribution, they’re deeply ...
For Thursday, Feb 28
Read the book, Exercises in Style, by Raymond Queneau. Yes, the whole book. It's not long; it should take you no more than an hour.