Sentences with phrase «american political language»

Alarmed in 2006 by the hard lines of American political language, Orson Scott Card, an otherwise respected sci - fi novelist, was led to write the dumbest book of his career, Empire.

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What our political culture hasn't come to terms with is that the proliferation of right - of - center broadcasting has coincided with (probably) a smaller percentage of Americans (and especially younger Americans) hearing conservative opinions at length, in language they understand.

Powell a Christian, points out in The Moral Tradition of American Constitutionalism that constitutional rhetoric «is a language of permanence, of settled decision, of absolute political value».

Furthermore, organizers generally take care to translate their proposals into the secular political language of American democracy or of human rights.

Certainly there is an uncivil tone to much current political language - although I urge those tempted by nostalgia to read up on the language used in 19th - century American politics.

But in the democratic world that would have led to more compromise by the dominant power, eg England's support of the Scottish Assembly, the USA's recognition of some Native American «reservation» independence, or Canada's political support of French language.

It used overtly religious language when addressing the faithful, but when it addressed the nation it employed the religiously neutral language of natural law, a language suited to the Enlightenment - rooted American political arena.

Like many others in the Anglo - American world, I have long been fascinated by French history, love the language of Molière and Chateaubriand, admire the political thought of Montesquieu and Tocqueville, and treasure the example of great saints like Thérèse of Lisieux and Louis de Montfort.

«Regardless of your political affiliation, when someone uses language with a hateful view that gays and lesbians are sexual deviants or calls transgender Americans, mentally disturbed individuals, it hurts them it hurts our community and it hurts all of us,» Bronson said.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

Indeed, at a time when younger Americans don't identify with Israel as earlier generations did, the establishment of a connection through language could lead to business, cultural and political connections later on.

Taylorʼs work continues to delve into and expand upon the language of portraiture and painting, while also pointing to the social and political issues affecting African Americans today.

Lincoln Speaks, a 15 - minute film, was originally produced to accompany the exhibition and features contemporary writers and scholars discussing the power of Lincoln's language and his enduring legacy in American political life.

At a time during the Civil Rights movement when African American artists were expected by many to create figurative work explicitly addressing racial subject matter, Gilliam persisted in pursuing the development of a new formal language that celebrated the cultivation and expression of the individual voice and the power of non-objective art to transcend cultural and political boundaries.

From this country's earliest years, American artists have used still - life painting to express cultural, political and social values, elevating the subject to a significant artistic language.

While traditional super PACs produce commercials that approach pancake - level flatness, wrapping political campaigns up in subtle messaging risks it being dismissed by those who aren't versed in, or don't care about, the conceptual language of the art world (see: a large portion of the American public.)

The combination testifies to Jones» conception of abstraction as a language that can encompass cultural, political and historical ideas and can work toward spanning the critical gulf between African American and dominant modernisms.

Taylor's work continues to delve and expand upon the language of portraiture and painting, while also pointing to the social and political issues affecting African Americans today.

The second book is a fascinating look on how dysfunctional the American political system really is, even in the toned - down language of the authors.