The individual personality reveals itself in the tiniest of things. One of the most interesting is the word “but.” Like all the adversatives (however, although, nonetheless, etc.) it implies some kind of opposition. It is most interesting to see where people think there is an opposition, and wherever they use the word “but” you may [...]
Greenwald on Propaganda.
22-Sep-11Glenn Greenwald has a cynical piece on Obama’s corporate-shill economic team, well worth reading in full – as they say, Wall Street spent more to elect Barack Obama than any previous candidate – but particularly valuable is Greenwald’s little gem of advice for interpreting propaganda: Geithner wasn’t chosen and hasn’t remained despite being ”associated with the deregulatory [...]