Political scientist and linguist George Lakoff thinks that Conservatives have devoted a lot of thought, care and money to developing a rhetoric that advances their social agenda.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Gerald Clarke tells Steve Paulson that Judy’s mother introduced her to drugs; that she was exploited by the studio system; and that she had an amazing ability to pull herself together.
What's it like to grow up with a mom who's a Freudian therapist? Commentator Erin Clune has a few personal observations.
Hillel Schwartz talks with Jim Fleming about the literary history of the doppelganger and admits to having his own doppelganger.
To mark the opening of the movie version of “The Sorcerer’s Stone,” an exploration of the phenomenal popularity of the Harry Potter books.
George Cotkin, author of “Existential America,” says that angst is familiar emotional territory for Americans and explains why Existentialism appealed to people here.
Author, music journalist and cultural critic Greil Marcus talks with Steve Paulson about the ballad tradition in American music.
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