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Beyond Content: Paternalism and Foreign Policy in the Presidential Debates

October 25, 2012
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Beyond Content: Paternalism and Foreign Policy in the Presidential Debates

U.S. paternalism and egoism takes center stage in the third round of presidential debates.
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That’s Debatable: Truth and Values in the Vice-Presidential Debate

October 14, 2012
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That’s Debatable: Truth and Values in the Vice-Presidential Debate

How fact-checking and the win/lose paradigm may distract voters from the more important moments in a debate.
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