Word: argumentative
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...FORTUNE magazine, a sister publication of TIME, published a famously controversial article entitled The Death of Hong Kong, which predicted that after 1997, when communist China resumed sovereignty over the city, it would cease to be a "vibrant international hub." The ensuing years made the argument seem naive, and Hong Kong's élite still cite it as an example of foreign ignorance. Local hubris hit a high recently when a senior official proclaimed that Hong Kong is destined to become a "Manhattan Plus...
...Democrats are trying to stay as far away from the tax argument as they can because they know they'll lose,' says a Republican aide. 'They don't do well on tax arguments and we don't do well on Social Security...
...high ground, saying we're dipping into it. They keep saying it over and over again." The Republicans counter that if the Democrats are criticizing the tax cuts, it means they're still for tax increases. "The Democrats are trying to stay as far away from the tax argument as they can because they know they'll lose," this Republican aide continued. "They don't do well on tax arguments and we don't do well on Social Security...
...surrounds U.S. troops in the field, and right now there aren't any; they're only doing training. The quagmire right now is more Colombian than American. Of course there's always a danger of U.S. personnel being targeted by FARC in order to send a message. But the argument on the other side is that if the U.S. keeps trying to make this distinction between anti-drug warfare and counterinsurgency, the conflict will drag on longer than if the U.S. comes out firmly saying the war should be won, and offers help. But whether the US is into...
...There are plenty of readers who think it "is" enough, either because they 1) agree with Dowd in the first place and don't need corroborating argument; 2) don't care and merely want to be amused; or 3) are stupid enough not to notice that the woofing and braying have no substance behind them...