For the first time, a remarkable new chemistry between two seemingly contradictory systems has been created, possibly named "Sinergy" -- a portmanteau of "Sino" and "synergy." This vision extended beyond rhetoric. Hong Kong's century-old horse racing culture has come to symbolize continuity, ...
Abagnale’s unmatched intelligence, willingness to take a chance and charm created a strange cognitive brew that gave rise to his unusual accomplishments – if that’s the appropriate word. But he was also highly creative. He didn’t just steal and forge; he stole and forged in entirely novel...
While he largely governed like an establishment Republican in his first term, his occasionally anti-establishment rhetoric was enough to prompt a full-court press from the political class to first force him out of office and later to disqualify him from ever holding power again. In the realm of...
Polyhymnia Song (Rhetoric) Veil Melpomenē Tragedy Tragic Mask, Sword Thalia Comedy (Pastoral Poetry) Comic Mask, Staff Clio History Laurel Crown, Scroll Urania Astronomy Globe Example: Homer addresses an unnamed goddess (θεά, theá) or the Muses (Μοῦσαι, Moûsai -- which gives ...
Whole Women’s Health vs Hellerstedt was considered a landmark Supreme Court case because it created a legal precedent. That precedent judged the validity of abortion restrictions in large part based on how they impacted women’s ability to access abortions. Unfortunately, as we’ll see below, ...
Opinion: Kamala Harris’ often-mocked speaking style is the strongest tool in her arsenal July 29, 2024 This type of rhetoric is not new. Vesna Mikolič, a Slovenian scholar of linguistics, analyzed the speeches of four of the original Italian fascists of the 1920s. She found that an in...
As police work has become more visible with the advent of portable video technology it has become more controversial and as those controversies have escalated so has the rhetoric from police supporters as to why police are necessary. This has resulted in the concept of the “thin blue line” ...
war raging towards policy specifics, things quickly fell apart. Nowhere was this more evident than the dithering refusal of the candidates to admit out loud that they would sign federal abortion bans. Instead, it was all deflection, either with outright lies or vague, non-commital rhetoric. ...
Trump has also referenced “blood,” notably saying in December that undocumented immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” a line that uncomfortably echoed the “blood and soil” rhetoric of white supremacists. Harris has also represented her vision through her own family,...
Such inflated rhetoric presents America with large shoes to fill. Thus, America’s shortcomings should not be surprising. Langston Hughes and Upton Sinclair were two 20th Century writers, who saw past this idealistic talk and saw the jungle that the United States really was. Langston Hughes wrote...