Michael Kaplan
@differance
Writer. Teacher. Scholar of rhetoric, media and democracy. Chicago Bears and Arsenal fan. My work is mysterious and important.
Umm, no. Trump is about to impose tariffs on CONSUMERS who buy goods from 80 nations
I just don't understand anyone who watches football and thinks this isn't a red card. Intent irrelevant. NO RED SHOWN
Messi is not a dirty player, but this is a bad foul. much worse than Balogun's accidental landing. no red.
Jamelle Bouie out here disparaging the very essence of democracy, which is nothing other than rhetoric. the appeal to natural equality is *entirely* rhetorical, which is why it still has such power.
Notice the number of stars. It’s eleven, for the confederate states, not thirteen for the colonies. The White House is now the seat of the confederacy
one of my all-time favorite sociological axioms is Josh Gamson's taxonomy of audience belief styles: