But in other cases, there’s a difference between what a term means in casual conversation and what it means as a logical fallacy. Here are five fascinating examples, from bandwagon to wishful thinking ...

Ross Douthat had a great blog item the other day, saying that on the question of fertility technology, the slippery slope critics warned about has become a reality. Excerpt: James Watson wasn’t ...

When considering your argument or the arguments of others, writers and readers need to be aware of logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are found in many places—ads, politics, movies. Logical ...

For conservatives who pay attention, the slippery slope isn’t a logical fallacy, but a way of life. In our gloomy predictions, we regularly understate how far society will begin kicking us down ...

In simple terms, a logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning that ... Laughing when a toddler says the f-word, for example, is a slippery slope: They may keep doing it to make you laugh, and before ...