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Policy in Search of a Problem - by Jim Swift - The Bulwark 24%
By Jim Swift47%
7/11/2026, 11:32:06 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, In-Group Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 28.6% saturation with 130 hits. Analysis detected 339 faulty-reasoning hits from 454 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 37.3% and a BS Rank of 24% (11,214 of 14,612 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the article peer group.
Policy in Search of a Problem
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Why We Won’t Stay Silent About Christian Nationalists in Our Own Churches
Philip D.
Bunn , Eli McGowan , and Emily McGowan
IN 1935, U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY William Dodd warned the State Department of the “virtually dictatorial powers over Protestant Church matters” the new Nazi Minister of Church Affairs possessed.
Describing the ecclesiastical resistance to Adolf Hitler’s desperate grasp for the keys to the kingdom, Dodd added that “the brunt of battle has been borne chiefly by the Reformed, or Calvinist, wing of the Church whose members find National Socialist totalitarian claims incompatible with their belief in sole responsibility to individual conscience.”
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Withdrawing Troops From Europe Is a Policy in Search of a Problem
THIS WEEK, AS NATO LEADERS gather in Ankara, Turkey for their annual summit, the Department of Defense is continuing a comprehensive review of America’s force posture in Europe—i.e., what forces the United States maintains there, what their capabilities are, and where exactly they’re stationed or deployed.
The goal, according to a DOD publication, is “that the alliance will pull its own weight in terms of defense funds spent and that Europe will take the lead in maintaining its defense.”
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He is the real deal.
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It remains unsolved.
But what happened next is almost a worse crime, writes Elon Green in Slate.
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Speakers
3speakers28%attributed speech329writer words
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Selected voice
100%flagged-word coverageWilliam Dodd
78 attributed words62% of attributed speech40% writer coverage
Unattributed Quote+94.2 pts
Writer 5.8%William Dodd 100%
Biased Writer Voice-4.3 pts
Writer 4.3%William Dodd 0%
Indoctrination-4.3 pts
Writer 4.3%William Dodd 0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service-4.0 pts
Writer 4.0%William Dodd 0%
Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.
Analysis
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