Right now the ball is still up in the air on two issues vital to our future as a nation — financial system reform and energy reform. Some congressional action has already occurred on each of these, but the battles are not over yet. That’s why it’s so important that we get our metaphors right, […]
Framing Earthgate After Copenhagen
OpEdNews Original Content at www.opednews.com/articles/Framing-Earthgate-After-Co-by-Susan-Strong-091215-155.html Please scroll down to see the article, which is an updated version of an earlier MP Post with a different title. December 16, 2009 Framing Earthgate After Copenhagen By Susan C. Strong, The Metaphor Project, www.metaphorproject.org/ Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about the need for more preventive health care, […]
Framing Afghanistan as a Snare, Trap or a Trick
Dear Metaphor Project Network, Below is a short piece I published yesterday on The Daily Kos. Some of the comments immediately made on it are very much worth reading too—a direct quote from Osama Bin Laden found in a U.S. Government translation of his videotaped speech, published by the Washington Post on November 1, 2004 […]
Smart Healthcare Includes Preventive Earthcare
Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about the need for preventive health care, and rightly so. Private insurance companies have been unwilling to pay for it (what were they thinking?), and the uninsured can’t afford it. We taxpayers end up covering the high cost of the emergency room result. However, the price of ignoring preventive […]
Framing Obama’s Biggest AfPak Mistake
Last week resistant House members reported heavy presidential lobbying in favor of the war supplemental funding bill, of which only 10% is allocated to diplomacy and development aid. This comes after the President has repeatedly said his administration would favor diplomacy and development over military options. It flies in the face of statements by a […]
The Grass Roots Stimulus Story
As the wheels of D. C. slowly crank out top-down, compromise solutions for our problems, out in the grassroots some people are taking matters into their own hands. When Republicans decide to make life more miserable for the hardest hit Americans, who dares rely on D.C. alone? Some communities are getting more interested in urban gardening, […]
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Re Iran: More Cool It Citizens!
A truly brilliant media event occurred in D. C. this week. In front of the U.S. Capital, public officials, celebrities, and even ordinary citizens walking by had a chance to use 60’s style ‘hot line’ phones to talk directly to Iranian citizens. This kind of citizen diplomacy works. Back in the 1980’s, it played a […]
Re Torture: Pain Breeds Lies
Dear MP Network, This month’s post has already been published by Alternet on November 30th, in their Rights and Liberties Section. My short summary of the piece is that the Mukasey nomination result shows that we progressive activists must take on the job of educating the public on this issue now. The most powerful argument […]
An 11th Hour Sequel
Published on Monday, October 1, 2007 by CommonDreams.org Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film, The 11th Hour is a valiant first crack at popularizing the facts about the whole ‘earth crisis’. It’s a good start on a very tough task, and there’s a great interactive, info-packed website,http://www.the11thhouraction.com too. The film’s hybrid genre, ‘disaster movie + expert testimony’ […]
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