Category Archives: Politics

Left Eclectism vs Right Eclectism

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Luke Ford

Religion has become less influential over the past century because many people have found their needs for comfort were better met by secular alternatives to religion. For example, instead of explaining natural phenomena such as earthquakes as the will of … Continue reading →

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Representations of reliability: The rhetoric of political flip-flopping

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Luke Ford

Joshua Bentley published in 2019: One option when a politician changes positions is to simply announce the new position without acknowledging any change occurred. Ignoring the flip-flop may allow the politician to avoid awkward questions about it, if the issue … Continue reading →

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The JD Vance Pick

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Luke Ford

Tracing Woodgrains writes: [T]he GOP is looking to make an appeal to anti-woke Silicon Valley or finance types to fill the void left by the Republican Party’s competency crisis. Right now, there is tremendous asymmetry between the parties in policy … Continue reading →

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2nd Edition: Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2024 book: * Democrats: Sweaty, disorderly, offhand, imaginative, tolerant, skillful at give – and – take Republicans: Respectable, sober, purposeful, self – righteous, cut – and – dried, boring (Clinton Rossiter) * the left … Continue reading →

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Nationalism & Multiculturalism

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Luke Ford

In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: * One key source of multicultural thinking stems from the attempt to refashion liberal beliefs to take into account the importance of communal belonging. In this … Continue reading →

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