Some pundits say Democrats fail to win elections because they don’t use the right language. linguist Jeffrey Nunberg says the party’s losses can’t be blamed on communication in a new book called, Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show. Plus: What next for the Middle East now with Condoleezza Rice’s new shuttle diplomacy approach.
Monday Morning Politics
Edward Luce, Washington commentator for the Financial Times, author of the forthcoming book, Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India (Doubleday 2007)
- on politics in the US and the Middle East
- on politics in the US and the Middle East
Pulling the Switch
Gerald Norlander, executive director of the Public Utility Law Project, a non-profit group that represents low-come energy users
on the politics behind the agency that regulates New York's power companies -- the New York State's Public Service Commission
» Public Utility Law ...
on the politics behind the agency that regulates New York's power companies -- the New York State's Public Service Commission
» Public Utility Law ...
Talking Heads
Geoffrey Nunberg, linguist and author Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show (Public Affairs 2006)
- on the politics of language
- on the politics of language
Geoffrey Nunberg
Linguist and author Geoffrey Nunberg discusses his new book, Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Late-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York ...
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