Rhetoric

New research finds that voters are more likely to support a liberal candidate whose rhetoric reflects conservative values.

Political communication scholars explain how, for Trump, telling lies, shifting blame, and asserting his own greatness help him keep his core supporters.

How the rhetoric of disgust undermines responsible food choices.

"We" say "we" all the time, even though it's not really what "we" mean.

Not really, no. So why, then, do we bother to listen to his speeches?

The conservative war on science is an old trope, but apparently liberals have opened up a second front.

Drone assassinations? Guantanamo? Why civil libertarians can’t win in the fight against an expanded security state. And why we can blame Caesar.