Frequency of Messages – Impact
Mass media channels promote associations between political persons, issues, and value judgements. The volume of repetitions leads to linked associations.
Tag: politics
Status Quo and Political Inertia
Status quo is the political inertia of social sciences. To change any situation, force must be applied.
Two Campaign and Four Process Changes
No matter how difficulties these proposals may be, they are certainly less than those the founding fathers faced when they wrote the Constitution and the…
Evaluating Trump – A Baker Dozen Questions
Do you think that Trump’s many years of questioning Obama’s US citizenship was a legitimate concern or actually an insight into Trump’s view of who…
Trump Is a Bully
Trump’s path is the last one. He forces his opinion, he ignores opinions he dislikes, and attacks people who disagree with him.
The Disloyal Opposition
political calculation (i.e. good for their party over good for the nation) again drove their decision-making.
Obama The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies
The ugly came out in extreme supporters and opponents. Each believed they had the one true truth and the other side is evil incarnate. Compromise…
Can everybody be sensible, yet come to different conclusions?
People who disagree are not necessarily being illogical. They may be evaluating facts and possibilities against different concerns and dimensions.
Meaning, Political Decision
What does it mean when someone claims that it was a political decision? That the power of one group is used to convince another group…
Zippy Slogans and Ponderous Details
It is as non-productive to attack surface arguments from a deep perspective as it is to defend deep positions against bumper slogans which don't acknowledge…