I don’t mean to pick on Dargan Pete again, but his Jan. 15 column is a classic example of the “straw man” logical fallacy. For those readers who didn’t have a secondary school English class unit on ...

Rich Lowry, in his article (March 26) denouncing Bernie Sanders’ proposal to establish a four-day workweek, sums up his point at the end by saying, “Sanders’ idea is a frank expression of economic ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. There are very few things in politics more attractive than a straw man. You can blame problems on them, cast them as ...

Talk about a sucky take: Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (one guess which party he aligns with) is either a hypocrite or, by his own logic, a woman. However, there exists photographic evidence of him ...

A classic debate technique is the “straw man,” although I suppose these days we should say “straw person.” The Oxford English Dictionary definition is “an intentionally misrepresented proposition that ...

A school bus drops students off at Mira Mesa High School. Photo by Chris Stone I write this op-ed from my perspective as teacher educator with expertise in multicultural education to address parents ...

One of many problems with Tucker Carlson is his almost obsessive use of the straw man fallacy: rejecting an argument that differs from the one actually being made. Here’s an example: Alice says, “Cars ...