Message, Messenger, Audience
Remember Aristotle, Cicero, Demosthenese … and the one attribute of all great speeches—say something worth saying!
I’m Not Just From Cloyne, Not Just From Cork, Not Just a Hurler. Not Just a Gay Man.
“I’m the sum total of many, many things,” says All-Ireland hurler Dónal Óg Cusack.
We Are Not Gladiators. This Isn’t the Roman Colosseum.
Kansas City Chiefs lineman Eric Winston tells fans, “When you cheer somebody getting knocked out … it’s sickening.”
The Role of Citizen in Our Democracy Does Not End With Your Vote
America’s never been about what can be done for us. It’s about what can be done by us together.
Women Are Entitled to a Better Standard Than This
To appreciate this rhetorical broadside by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, you kinda need the context. Actually, you kinda don’t.
Five Questions About the Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke shares what he thinks people want to know about the Federal Reserve. How did he do?
A bold proposal for changing the image of the oil and gas industry
Let’s get Americans to drop their hatred of the energy industry like the bad habit it is.
What Gives Me the Most Hope
Not the actions of the leaders. It is the people that I’ve seen.
Being President Doesn’t Change Who You Are—It Reveals Who You Are
“Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.”
I ask for your forgiveness
The mistake I made was in the words I said, not in the heart I hold.