I don’t mean to pick on Dargan Pete again, but his Jan. 15 column is a classic example of the “straw man” logical fallacy. For those readers who didn’t have a secondary school English class unit on ...

Jo Ann Rebane’s Opinion piece “What’s wrong with DEI? (The Union 6/18/25) is a master example of the form of fallacious argumentation known as Straw Man. In such arguments, the speaker first builds a ...

Learn to spot 25 sneaky logical fallacies that manipulate arguments. Sharpen your critical thinking, protect yourself from ...

Rich Lowry, in his article (March 26) denouncing Bernie Sanders’ proposal to establish a four-day workweek, sums up his point at the end by saying, “Sanders’ idea is a frank expression of economic ...

What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...

It’s always depressing to read a glaring example of the straw man fallacy, but it’s particularly so when written in a newspaper of record by a professor of political science. In a column this week, ...

One of many problems with Tucker Carlson is his almost obsessive use of the straw man fallacy: rejecting an argument that differs from the one actually being made. Here’s an example: Alice says, “Cars ...