Dr. Lakoff on the discussion surrounding health care

George Lakoff is one of the foremost progressive linguists and a keen student of the art of framing. His review of the debate surrounding health care goes back several years, and he recently wrote a nice, albeit long, piece for Truthout. It contains a link to an article he authored two years ago which goes a long way towards providing an understanding of the fundamental philosophical disagreement conservatives and liberals have on this issue and is a great read.


The logic of the health care debate -