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August Carnival of Bent Attractions

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Source Summary

It’s that time of the month! No, not that time! It’s time for The Carnival of Bent Attractions! Trusted Advisor starts us out by “Defining Trust by Defining Moments–Larry Craig’s” “This is not a moral judgment, not in the sense that some want Craig ousted for alleged homosexual behavior that’s been rumored for many years. Nor is it an indictment of his tepid stance in the Iraq war or his unpopular support of President Bush’s proposed immigration reform.” Why does trusted advisor think Senator Craig should get the boot? “The senator did not own up to his misdemeanor crime. He did not apologize to his family, to the fabulous staff that has supported him for more than a quarter century in Congress, to his constituents here in Idaho. If you had just dropped in from Mars and read only this one editorial, you’d get a good sense of what the

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“August Carnival of Bent Attractions” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to family and relationships, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2007 at Transadvocate.com, “August Carnival of Bent Attractions” provides dated evidence of how family and relationships was being argued in relation to law and civil rights. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

The article’s strongest policy connection is elections and democratic governance. It links that institutional frame to family and relationships and law and civil rights, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.

Content analysis

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Themes

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Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
100%
2
Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
30%
3
Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
24%
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Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
18%
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Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
9%

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Psychological analysis
100%

Policy framing

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Elections and democratic governance
100%

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How “Family and relationships” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 6 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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5 2006

17 2007

18 2008

11 2009

58 2011

19 2012

65 2013

17 2014

6 2015

12 2017

5 2018

1 2019

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1 2024

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Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 249 inbound sources/citations