Badges? For speechwriters?

The question has arisen as to whether speechwriters should be licensed. As a speechwriter, my first reaction was to say no.  Do speechwriters really want to behave like the plumbers’ …

Let’s Finish the Job

Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our military. Mr. Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and retired Justices of …

Skip one for the Gipper

Football season is upon us, and basketball season is coming up. There's a bogus new study out, that pretends to quantify how coaches' motivational speeches work. Lucky for us, I had …

A Speechwriter’s Guide to the Greeks

A new book, Speechwriting in Theory and Practice devotes one chapter to the Greeks and the Romans—and what they mean to you, the average speechwriter. Here's an excerpt from that chapter, which …

To Unify Korea, Peacefully

Professor Hans Mueller-Steinhagen, former Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere, students and faculty members of the Dresden University of Technology, ladies and gentlemen. It is my great pleasure to visit this …