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Rhetoric

Sep 17, 2025

Charlie Kirk, Gabby Giffords, and the cost of political violence

Charlie Kirk’s assassination represents more than the heartbreaking loss of a young life. It is a grim signal that our democracy is showing dangerous fractures. As someone who shared the […]

Sep 1, 2015

Evangelical lobby equates abortion with slavery

The head of a powerful Evangelical-Christian lobby in Arizona today upped the rhetorical ante against Planned Parenthood by calling abortion a “modern-day slave trade.”

Jan 21, 2011

‘No Labels’ aims to combat harshness of political rhetoric

The shrill sound of too much of what passes for current national political discussion is a wake-up call to all Americans that the harshness of our political rhetoric has reached potentially dangerous levels.

Jan 12, 2011

Palin: Journalists incite hatred after AZ shooting

Sarah Palin posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page early Wednesday, accusing journalists and pundits of inciting hatred and violence in the wake of a deadly Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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