Tag Archive for politics

Taxing Oil for Education

Today I’ve taken my first year composition class to hear a talk by state assemblyman Alberto Torrico about AB656, a bill that would create a tax on oil and gasoline produced in the state, to fund public education. Logical arguments…

Political Freedom? Or Misguided Google?

Hindman picks apart political freedom on the internet.   Is our society really democratic now that people can say whatever they want or are people more controlled by the internet by unclear gatekeepers?  What’s funny is that politicians saw only the good…

Inaugural Rhetoric

Political rhetoric is one of the oldest kinds around, and presidential rhetoric has received plenty of attention itself, but semantic analysis tools are adding some new possibilities for how we study and visualize this material.  Within minutes of President Obama’s…