BY FROMA HARROP In politics, the “dog whistle” is coded language designed to delight a targeted subgroup and pass over the heads of everyone else. Other terms, such as “establishment,” “Washington insider” and “free trade,” are not quite full-grown dog whistles. Let’s call them puppy whistles. These are expressions whose meanings remain vague. For the […]
Put Puppy-Whistle Politics On A Leash
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