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July 26, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
Way, way back in September of 2005, a Danish newspaper published some cartoons depicting Muslims and their prophet, and in response, thousands of Muslim extremists responded with varying degrees of threatened and actual violence. As you all know, this resulted...
Posted by Chris at 3:24 PM • 213 Comments •
July 22, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
My computer just ate my first attempt at an update, and I've got to get out of here, so let me just say a few things and give you a couple pictures. Kelly's c-section went well, and while her blood...
Posted by Chris at 8:52 PM • 3 Comments •
July 15, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
UPDATE: A few things. First, Kelly's c-section has been moved up to tomorrow again. It's not for health reasons. One of her doctor's c-sections scheduled for tomorow ended up happening last night, so a slot opened up. Kelly told me...
Posted by Chris at 9:25 PM • 12 Comments •
July 9, 2008
Category: Cognitive Psychology
I've been meaning to post about this set of studies for a while, but because it's relevant to Chapter 4 of Lakoff's The Political Mind, I figured I'd better get around to it before I write the review of that...
Posted by Chris at 9:05 AM • 5 Comments •
July 8, 2008
Category: Psycholinguistics
I have this friend from New York who, most of the time, speaks in a normal (that is to say, southern) accent that she's acquired as a result of being surrounded for so long by people who speak the King's...
Posted by Chris at 4:54 PM • 10 Comments •
July 7, 2008
In Chapter 3, we finally get to read all about the Strict Father and Nurturant Parent. I knew this was coming, of course, but for some reason, when I finally got to this chapter, I still felt surprised. I mean,...
Posted by Chris at 6:51 PM • 6 Comments •
July 2, 2008
Category: Frame Analysis
Chapter 2 of Lakoff's new book is titled "The Political Unconscious, and it's absolutely terrible. It's also the first chapter likely to really piss off conservatives, or really anyone who might approach the chapter critically. Oh, and it has plenty...
Posted by Chris at 5:43 PM • 12 Comments •
July 1, 2008
Category: Frame Analysis
The first thing to say about Chapter 1 is that it's much better written than the Introduction. In fact, if you buy the book, I recommend skipping the introduction, and starting with Chapter 1. Chapter 1 is, in fact, the...
Posted by Chris at 5:06 PM • 2 Comments •
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