Rhetorical Recap: One Last Run
From the era of rugged heroes and big-sunset happy endings, his hair trimmed, his jaw thrust forward and (in outdoor photos) rocking aviator glasses, Joe Biden finally strode onto the …
Movie Review: “Long Shot” a Gut Punch
Well, I had to ask myself: Why was I watching a movie whose primary purpose was to entertain an audience for whom fantasies of sleeping with the hot babysitter, and …
Not Your Grandfather’s Speech Anthology
Review of: Speeches of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Orations Deserving of a Wider Audience 384 pages (hardcover), published 2018 by Hutchinson/Penguin Random House Has there ever been a speech …
AI, you and I
Silicon Valley Speechwriters Roundtable wrangler Ian Griffin reports on some bracing AI advances in the speechwriting realm, and then asks: “Can speechwriters look to AI systems to be team players? …
Rhetorical Recap: Soulful and Solo
“Justice” was the nominal theme of Senator Cory Booker’s formal speech declaring his candidacy for president. A big “Justice For All” sign dominated the long-shot view of the venue, a …
Just one false note
After South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg dellivered the best presidential-candidate announcement speech of the season, his husband claimed he had written it that morning—after feeding the dogs and going to church. …
They can hear the music
Next week we will announce the winners of the 2019 Cicero Speechwriting Awards. During the deliberation over these last several weeks, I've been taken—as I'm taken every year—by the enthusiasm of …
Three firms seek speechwriters
Women Deliver is seeking two speechwriters. “We are simultaneously looking for a fulltime consultant from now through the Women Deliver 2019 Conference and a permanent content writer,” to work for “the …
Speechwriting, to code
You’re a master carpenter. You’ve built a hundred houses. You show up at Job #101 and the homeowner mentions he wants all the nails pointy side up. Yes, that’s right, …
Rhetorical Recap: A Man in Continous Motion
I don’t know whether Beto O’Rourke keeps a diary. Seems old-fashioned, but you never know. If he does, here is what may have raced through his mind and onto an …