Reading the minds of people in power to see the real news hiding in plain sight.
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Trump to TIME Magazine: The most powerful man in the world has “no choice.”
On August 21, I published an analysis of Jared Kushner’s language in his August 18 Fox News interview: “The ‘real deal:’ Jared Kushner reveals why the US attacked Iran and why Trump won’t retreat.” It has been perhaps the most frustrating t...
Shimmering on the shore: 4 linguistic gems found in Donald Trump’s TIME interview
Photo by Julia Braytseva on Unsplash
I look at a lot of language samples that never become articles. Like glass that has washed up on a beach, there is usually a little piece over here, another piece over there.
Donald Trump’s interview...
Dancing around the details: Mike Waltz’s sidesteps still point to US plans on Iran
Last week’s episode of Meet The Press featured interviews with US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Both leaders faced questions about the issue that everyone wants to know: what will h...
The elephant in the room? The deal is the drug.
Last time, I ended by saying that addiction doesn’t just affect individuals; it affects their families and communities, too. The dysfunction of an addict has a pattern: Denial — first to the self, and then to others — is at the core. Within...
Drunk with denial: signals of addiction in language
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2010; Dir. Oliver Parker)
While most of my articles study the language of public figures, it’s important to remember that people are just people. It doesn’t matter what their work, wealth, or social status is —...
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Linguistic analyst. I expose insights hidden in the language of people in power (often a month or more before news headlines).
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