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December 24, 2012 01:29 PM The art of persuasion by Roger Kimball, from Roger's Rules Rhetoric, observed Aristotle, is preeminently the art of persuasion. Conservatives, i.e., those who wish to conserve what is best and most vital about our civilization, have been notably unsuccessful at practicing this art in two large areas of social enterprise: politics, the rough and tumble of partisan struggle, and what for lack of a better [...] Click here to read the entire article » |
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