Rhetorical Recap: Good Speech, Bad Timing

Of all the days for Attorney General Barr to release his summary of the Mueller Report, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand could not have wanted March 24. That news all but eliminated …

Darkness Is Descending on Our Region

Good morning, AIPAC! It’s always good to be here, but as I told President Trump yesterday, it’s especially great to be in America’s capital now that he has recognized Jerusalem …

A Beautiful Meeting

A professional conference is daunting to describe and, unless it has been a comical disaster, depressing to read about. So I’ll neither go on long nor try to tell you …

How to win a Cicero: Be interesting

Robert Kennedy dreamed of things that never were and asked why not. I’ve always been better at studying things that used to be and asking, “What happened”? As editor of …

Rhetorical Recap: Entertainer First, American Second

Before the third and final debate, while Hillary Clinton prepared in relative quiet, Donald Trump prematurely and immaturely protested the fairness of the election, lashed out at faithless Republicans from …