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Category Archives: Politics

Avoiding dirty words…

In recent years, politicians have tended to make words like liberal and conservative into dirty words. When a Republican refers to someone as a liberal, it certainly sounds like the word “liberal” is a dirty word. The same applies when a Democrat uses the word “conservative.” It’s unfortunate that words can be used as weapons. [...]

Covers and handshakes count…

When I was a political science student at Hunter College (what seems like a million years ago) we read a book called City Politics. I don’t remember the author. I don’t remember anything that was in it. However, I do remember the cover. It showed a photograph of a handshake. At the time, I didn’t [...]