Word: explainer
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...politicians have run as single-issue candidates opposed to abortion. Huckabee isn't doing that. But he is very nearly a single-constituency candidate. His ads tout him as a "Christian leader," and he says that being a pastor is "pretty good preparation to lead a country." Asked to explain his rise in the polls, he invokes God's blessing...
...possession of 50 grams of the drug in crack form. These guidelines were first crafted in the 1980s: While the social climate of the period—in which crack was seen as a unique and devastating contributor to crime, violence, and urban decay—may help to explain such disparate punishments, it hardly justifies them. Though few today see crack cocaine as a more dangerous threat to American society as other highly addictive drugs, legal observers have noticed one important difference between crack and other drugs: those convicted of crack violations are overwhelmingly black. While 27 percent...
...While I’m not a Fredhead, I applaud the Senator for pointing out what many voters know: these debates are a waste of time. When a candidate isn’t allowed to explain his position in 60 seconds, a hand-raise doesn’t do much. For once, I don’t blame the candidates; but I do blame the media. With unfair questions and inane set-ups, these past 10 debates have flopped...
Preseason prediction: a mediocre rebuilding year for the young women’s squad. So what am I doing here and why are you still reading? Give me another few seconds of your time and I promise I’ll explain...
...partisanship of these establishment intellects. When it comes to the newly-invigorated Latin American left, it is urgent that jaundiced propaganda be separated from fact: In the Venezuelan example, even while certain criticisms of Chavez’s agenda can be important, we must avoid the tendentious temptation to explain away the “Bolivarian Revolution” in the rash, simplistic, and altogether-too-tired narratives of “left-wing populism” or “authoritarian socialism.” The reality remains that Chavez’s project of 21st century socialism...