North Pole Vs South Pole
a: American politics ~
b: magnetic field
What: A really cool comparison of how the American body politic is like iron filings in a magnetic field. This get an A in terms of being a very illuminating metaphor. "American politics is like a large sheet of paper covered with millions of tiny iron filings." Page 94 of the book, "Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World."
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Writer: Walter Rus Mead
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Date: Nov 18 2012 12:28 PM
# 2434 Critique Analogy