An ad hominem attack against an intellectual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message. -Nassim Taleb ...

Yesterday, The Huffington Post yanked conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart from the front page of its publication, citing his "false ad hominem" attacks made in a Daily Caller interview as the ...

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“Ad hominem” literally means “to the person” in New Latin (Latin as first used in post-medieval texts). In centuries past, this adjective usually modified “argument.” An “argument ad hominem” (or ...

I’m not sure what I found most frightening about “Notable & Quotable: ‘Thoughtful Politics’” (Oct. 7), that a teacher would inject partisan politics into a Shakespeare class; that the teacher, ...

The holiday season is upon us so you know what that means. It’s time to complain about Apple’s holiday ad. Oh, you thought it was about loving your fellow voyagers on this small blue marble or ...

Back in the day, my friends and I perfected the art of the diss. Except we didn’t call it that in the ’80s. The term we used was roasting. In the cafeteria of Forest Park Middle School, we would take ...