#rhetoric

It should come as no surprise really that I've been having trouble writing posts lately. In fact I was having trouble remembering even the word for "inspiration" in the first place. Is it

The Douglas Murray vs. Dave Smith debate had me wonder less about who won and more about why the conversation fell apart

Karine Jean Pierre Doubles Down On Rhetoric Trump Vance Threat To Democracy

Richard Lanham's book, "The Motives of Eloquence: Literary Rhetoric in the Renaissance," is one of the most important books in my library. What's It About? In the book, Lanham discusses two opposing

In many online discussions, people like to quote other figures. Broadly speaking, such quotes seem to fall into two categories: attribution and appeal to authority. While superficially similar, I see crucial

We've been hearing the demands that we trust the experts for a while now. Again, this is a myopic, half-brained, verbal ejaculation. Many people, including me, have pointed out that most people who say

a look at the role of rhetoric in persuading for a purpose and delighting for its own sake

I don't know if I can definitively say that Kathy Hochul is as bad or worse than Cuomo was; but, I see no indication that she's an improvement. After the act of abject evil in Buffalo, her response was

I received the following email this morning from California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff. The email is entitled “a party without a spine.” I assume he’s referring to the Republican Party, though

The great thing about Elon Musk making this Twitter splash is that it's already the greatest win for liberal values in regard to social media in recent memory. Of course, it would be a blowout win if an

The Open Skies Treaty mandates that Ukrainian and Russian officials fly the legth of the border in order to assure that...

Where grammar is the input and base knowledge of who, what, where, when, and logic is the processing and understanding developed to arrive at why, rhetoric is the output and wisdom of out actions: the

To me it's wrong when you judge somebody for what they are and can't control - gender, skin color, etc. But it's OK for actions or choices - racists, misogynists, etc. But lately I've been finding just

I currently have two drafts saved on my WordPress blog, one of which I started today, and the other I last worked on some months ago, that are disturbingly similar. I couldn't help but notice that the

(English version below) Bonjour à tous, Je poursuis cette série de posts rhétoriques, toujours dans l’idée de vous donner quelques outils pour construire des discours qui sauront retenir l’attention de

Most of our political debate centers around an unwillingness of the American people to accept the fact that big government doesn't work. For some reason we've got it stuck in our collective heads it should

The introduction of 24 hour news networks has increased the need for new content. One of the ways that the news networks addressed the issue was with the inclusion of shows that spin the news in order

This is a new post on a topic that is subject of several of my previous posts. Ironic that the so-called "antifascists" embrace propaganda, a tool of the fascists.

My Impression of a Demagogue, and Loyal Followers Demagogue. Does the word have any true meaning? It is hurled freely by opposing sides in a political debate. But is there objective criteria by which we