Second, because there probably have been other times in our history — before and immediately after the Civil War, plus the Depression and New Deal — when political lines were drawn as sharply and
public rhetoric was as combatively partisan.
The loss of biblical language in
public rhetoric or in public education may have telling effect (Lincoln might be incomprehensible today) Sunday school and other agencies of biblical education, where the texts can be restored and minds can as well be re-stored, are neglected, signaling that citizens are not really serious when they ask for more religion in the schools.
So back in 1980 she offered a comprehensive picture of neighbourly citizenship that is unmatched in contemporary
public rhetoric.
But, in
the public rhetoric of democracy, vested interests are typically couched in terms of the general welfare.
His public rhetoric has become more boldly Christian.
What matters, of course, is how a school answers these questions in practice, not necessarily in its official
public rhetoric about itself.
Nevertheless, it seems to me that the study of
public rhetoric can advance by following some of the clues suggested by this reading of Frye and Suleiman.
He has a great deal of fun suggesting that
public rhetoric should not be ironist even in «the ideal liberal society.»
This, it seems to me, is the heart of the matter when we consider religious discourse as
public rhetoric.
Though promising, the literature on
public rhetoric is not what I wish to consider here.4 I wish to focus instead on the possibility of mining recent works in the field of literary criticism for some insights into the structure of religious discourse.
What I find disappointing about many studies of
public rhetoric is (a) their tendency to focus only on content, rather than the form or structure of discourse, (b) their tendency to thematize this content, and (c) their tendency to regard these themes as reflections, or reinforcements, of collective values — which apparently lie hidden somewhere in the subjectivity of the collective conscience.
Efforts have been made to suggest ways in which
public rhetoric may differ in stable and unstable settings.
Of course, Obama and Trump are characterized by wholly different domestic agendas, political leadership styles and
public rhetoric, but they are also both US presidents, who govern the leading economic and military global power, confronted by largely the same foreign policy problems and endowed with the same bureaucratic structures and military capabilities.
A lack of access to information and the openly anti-Germany
public rhetoric in the US revived her emotional ties to her homeland during a moment of political crisis.
The administration and Entergy have been in closed - door talks for months, but
the public rhetoric concerning the fate of the plant — which employs 600 and contributes $ 17 million in taxes to area municipalities — has been tense, with both sides sniping at each other.
Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn, sits with the Republican conference, and the G.O.P. has continued an alliance with the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, which often backs it on legislation and in
public rhetoric.
The conversation behind the scenes does not reflect
the public rhetoric, he concluded.
But as Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon explains,
the public rhetoric is not matched by conversation behind the scenes.
We need to replace fossil fuels in a hurry, here in Europe, and this has little to do with climate but a lot — in
public rhetoric - with the «global warming «threat.
Instead, Spielberg and writer Tony Kushner («Munich»)-- drawing on a book by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin — delight in the backroom wrangling and
public rhetoric that in 1865 led to the 13th Amendment to the US constitution, outlawing slavery.
The apolitical perspective of Aine which dominates the film allows us to see past the intransigent ideological positions of both sides to a more fragile humanity that is normally lost amidst all
the public rhetoric.
Only after I had begun to teach 30 years ago did
public rhetoric begin to give even lip service to the notion that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of other people's ideas, makers of their own personal marks on the world.
As for analysis, Mark Thompson wrote a brilliant column on
public rhetoric, populism, and «authenticism» throughout history and how they were revealed in the 2016 campaign; David Fahrenthold did some stellar gritty, shoe - leather reporting on President - elect Trump's philanthropy; Maureen Dowd wrote on the campaign's «fear and insecurity»; and Molly Ball wrote on the principles and posturing of Ted Cruz.
«Too often
public rhetoric pits charters and public schools against each other, when really all we care about is better opportunities for our kids.
By March of 2016, education reformers had toned down
their public rhetoric and goals, emphasizing that they'd support expanding all types of high - quality schools, not just charters.
As David Berliner and Bruce Biddle did almost 20 years ago, she argues that
the public rhetoric of school failure is a distortion of the record that underestimates the successes of public schools and misidentifies their problems.
It's one of those cases where
the public rhetoric and the research that's been done really over quite a long period of time are entirely at odds.
== > «Oh good, I'm glad to see you are concerned with
her public rhetoric potentially being in contradiction with her science.»
Justin King is a writer and scholar of environmental and
public rhetoric.
Not exact matches
But in 2016 Seton Hall University Professor James Kimble published an article in the journal
Rhetoric &
Public Affairs, «Rosie's Secret Identity,» which debunked Doyle's claim and identified Fraley as the real Rosie.
Even if you don't agree with his
rhetoric, it's hard to disagree with the fact that Donald Trump has turned a sizeable inheritance into a
public profile that leaves him months away from being the possible President - Elect.
But given his anti-regulatory, anti-science
rhetoric, we're on high alert,» said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at Center for Science in the
Public Interest in Washington.
After
public backlash, which was even spurred on by the campaign
rhetoric of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and also saw Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testifying before Congress in September, the company attempted to make amends by releasing a generic version and offering certain discounts.
The task of
rhetoric is to divert attention from the fact that the financial sector aims not to «free» markets, but to place control in the hands of financial managers — whose logic is to subject economies to austerity and even depression, sell off
public land and enterprises, suffer emigration and reduce living standards in the face of a sharply increasing concentration of wealth at the top of the economic pyramid.
«All
rhetoric, all the
public announcements, all the announcements from the premier and the relevant ministers make it clear that this legislation is actually directed at Trans Mountain,» he said.
The Global Times, a newspaper known for its nationalist
rhetoric, declared that Trump «respects our head of state and has repeatedly praised President Xi Jinping in
public.»
Connecting such rhetorical practice with contemporary issues in the study of
rhetoric and
public policy is a de-emphasis of «facts» and an emphasis of custom.
But one could say that the movement had never been other than «religiocified» «-- though it was the «Reverend» prefixing names like King, Young, Shuttlesworth, Fauntroy, Abernathy and Bevel that made the
public aware of the deep religious roots of the civil rights movement and of black
rhetoric.
In response to the
Rhetoric Society of America's inquiry — what are Pope Benedict's reasons for positioning the Catholic Church as an essential link between enterprise and justice, and as a significant voice in the
public discussion of globalization — I suggest a «spiritual....
However, several examples related to U.S.
rhetoric about Nicaragua can illustrate how disinformation is used in an effort to shape
public opinion in favor of the U.S. war against the poor.
Despite the
rhetoric of democracy there is a lack of transparency m discussions of officials with the IMF / WB authorities and their decisions regarding conditionalities often imposed on the debtor countries without clear exposure even to Parliament and its select committees, much less to the general
public affected by them.
The various friends of the earth» counter — and rightly so — that this self - serving
rhetoric mocks the
public interest.
Obama embraced Rev. Wright and his doctrine, even defended it, until Rev. Wright's sermon and
rhetoric was made known to the media and the American
public.
CNN: On campaign trail, Romney ratchets ups God
rhetoric At campaign events these days, Mitt Romney often says that if he is elected president, he will emphasize the role of God in American society and will not «take God out of the
public square.»
Obviously, the
rhetoric of atheism and the death of God deeply offended the church
public.
In short, they must «teach reality» While Hargrove concedes that presidents must bargain, manipulate, control and maneuver, their first task is to «teach reality to
publics and their fellow politicians through
rhetoric.»
She has closely examined fundamentalist
rhetoric in several «texts»: Falwell's own biography, fund - raising for Liberty Baptist College, the
public language used by conservative Christians during the 1980s, Falwell's «stump sermon» on morality and politics, pro-life writings, interpretations of Israel and the end times, and the telescandals.
That the issue at stake is a spiritual one is evident in the religious imagery that pervades Callahan's account of technological medicine: that the war on death is a search for «immortality»; that the dying patient might be «saved»; that medicine is seen as «omnipotent, holding life and death wholly in its hands»; that a lobbyist equates heart attacks, cancer, and strokes with sin (interesting
rhetoric in the
public sphere, but I'll save that discussion for another day).
While there was plenty of political
rhetoric about requiring broadcasters to serve the
public interest in exchange for broadcast licenses, the requirement was never enforced.
Kramer's method is not unlike that used by Paul Johnson in his book Intellectuals: he measures the ideas and
rhetoric espoused by these self - appointed experts against their own behavior, both
public and private.