Douglas Hamilton

Position: Journalist

Blog Posts

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The Mysterious Mr. Mitchell's MacGuffin

  It's a bit like a Hitchock thriller. Nobody knows where he is -- not even the U.S. State Department -- and nobody knows when he will show up in Israel. All we know is, suspense is building and it's ...  Full Article 

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Insulting the intelligence

  Good morning, children. Today we are going to learn about two common rhetorical tricks that help greatly with the cynical manipulation of arguments. First, disingenuousness. The Oxford Shorter English ...  Full Article | Comments [5] 

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Death, destruction and moral relativity

Comparing one theatre of conflict with another is always dangerous, often meaningless, unless they belong in the same timeframe and context e.g. the World War Two of Europe and that of the Far East. This ...  Full Article | Comments [4]