Category Archives: Framing

Don’t Give Your Talk Backwards

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

While Stephen Walt is discussing writing, I think this applies to speaking as well (boldface mine): A second reason is the failure of many scholars to appreciate the difference between the logic of discovery and the logic of presentation. Specifically, … Continue reading →

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This Looks Like a Good White House Petition

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

I signed this petition (actually, I was one of the first) because it raises a point that is very important: In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama said: “We know our economy is stronger when our wives, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Framing | 3 Comments

A Question About “Tax Cuts Must (Usually) Be Paid For”

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

In a kerfuffle between two groups of economists, both of whom as far as I can tell, currently want the same policy–deficit spending to give people jobs–Brad DeLong writes: Cutting spending in the future when you would not otherwise have … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Framing | 2 Comments

The Limits of Individualism: Why You Need to Get a Flu Shot

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Before I get into this, everyone should check out PalMD’s post on flu–it’s a neat little post. One of the reasons that people don’t get flu shots is that we haven’t done a good job of explaining to people why … Continue reading →

Posted in Framing, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccination | 4 Comments

Apparently, the Boston Public Library Is a Tax Collecting Entity

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

With the decision last week about Obamacare, in which Chief Justice Roberts defined the penalties associated with the individual mandate as a ‘tax’ (if you don’t purchase healthcare of some sort, there’s a penalty), there has been a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Framing, Healthcare

Mario Cuomo Was Wrong: You Govern in Poetry

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Gov. Mario Cuomo once said, “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Well, a kiss-and-tell column by former Republican congressional staffer Mike Lofgren has been making the rounds. It’s a very good encapsulation of the Republican political and governing … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Framing, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Anti-Vaxxers and the Lizard Brain

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

Humans are stupid.
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Posted in Framing, Vaccination | 3 Comments

On Genetic Denialism

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Explaining heritability isn’t easy.
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Posted in Framing, Genetics, Genomics | 6 Comments

Click-Throughs, Advertising, and Branding Versus Point-of-Sale

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

If Internet publishing is to be lucrative, it has to figure out how to viewed as an effective branding tool as opposed to a point-of-sale mechanism.
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Posted in Economics, Framing, Internet, News Media | 2 Comments

A Nation of Deluded Dependents: An Effect of Our Toxic Discourse

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Willful ignorance by definition: decent, hard-working people don’t receive government aid, even when they do.
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Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Framing | 13 Comments