Word: argumentive
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Christopher Lacaria’s column, “The Apotheosis of Dr. Faust,” (Feb. 14) is no small feat: it lacks as much in sound argument and logic as it does in politeness...
...kind of lens in which to look at current events,” Moss said of the medium. They emphasized the importance of showing the nuances of government secrecy in democracy, and went out of their way to avoid turning the issue into a black-and-white argument. “We don’t mean to make a film that demonizes secrecy and extols openness,” Moss said. “We feel responsibility not just to show all the sides, but to engage with them.” “Something about secrecy...
It’s a problematic argument: post-World War II chiefs were part of a pattern of presidential self-assertion that dates at least as far back as James K. Polk, who lied to Congress in order to garner support for the Mexican-American War. But Perret downplays the significance of that event “because it was Mexico that declared war on the United States, not the other way around...
...course, acknowledging that fact would weaken Perret’s argument that Truman is the man to blame for the creeping expansion of Oval Office authority and the ruthless exertion of American force abroad...
...Hillary Clinton lately has deployed the argument among Democrats that she should be nominated because she has a proven record of vanquishing her enemies. So she might think it's to her advantage to put her knife-fighting skills on display. Former Vice President Al Gore has privately told friends that his familiarity with the Clintons' hardball campaign style is one of the reasons he would be leery of making a run against Hillary. Geffen told Dowd he expected a brutal primary because the Clinton "machine is going to be very unpleasant and unattractive and effective." But Obama showed, despite...