Barry Eisler Quotes
The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself.
Eisler, Barry. "How to Argue (On the Internet or Anywhere Else)." Barry Eisler Blog, 30 Mar. 2011.
Although a conservative think-tank, Brooks was gently chiding the Republicans who had swerved to the right and was constantly chiding the body politic using its morality as a cudgel and trying to force their morality into legislation much to the distress of the majority of voters.
Lincoln idealist though he was, was also a very pragmatic politician. His winning Presidential strategy was to keep the party together, and not antagonize local factions and so avoid making enemies. In the end, he was the second choice for many delegates and ended up with the victory.
Barry Mark Eisler (born 1964) is a best-selling American novelist. He is the author of two thriller series, the first featuring anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former soldier turned freelance assassin, and a second featuring black ops soldier Ben Treven. Eisler also writes about politics and language on his blog Heart of the Matter, and at the blogs CHUD, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, MichaelMoore.com, The Smirking Chimp, and Truthout.
