Category Archives: George Bush

Slovenly Words and Foolish Deeds

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim compares Bush and Obama’s speaking styles. Continue reading →

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The Rehabilitation of Liberalism

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim’s weekly column looks at liberalism.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Rehabilitation of Liberalism”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/liberalism/” }); Continue reading →

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What McCain is Doing Wrong

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim reflects on what McCain is doing wrong.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “What McCain is Doing Wrong”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/mccain/” }); Continue reading →

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Obama Doesn’t Understand

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim takes a look at the charge that Obama doesn’t understand.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Obama Doesn’t Understand”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/obama-doesnt-understand/” }); Continue reading →

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The Paradox of Logocracy

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim reflects on what our politicians have said in light of our financial crisis.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Paradox of Logocracy”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/the-paradox-of-logocracy/” }); Continue reading →

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What Hapened to “Nothing But the Truth?”

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim wonders about the truthfulness of our politicians. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “What Hapened to “Nothing But the Truth?””, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/truth/” }); Continue reading →

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Intellection and Intuition

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim is Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and author of The Anti-intellectual Presidency, which draws on interviews with more than 40 presidential speechwriters to investigate this relentless qualitative decline, over the course of 200 years, in our presidents’ ability to communicate with the public. He also blogs at www.elvinlim.com.  In the article [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Intellection and Intuition”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/08/obama-2/” }); Continue reading →

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