The Serious Ones
Jun 09, 2017
Some speechwriters might have resented it when I criticized Jons Favreau and Lovett for what I saw as the glib, snarky style the former Obama speechwriters showed on an appearance on …
WATCH: “How bad things are … how good things could be”
Oct 22, 2009
Address by DAVID CAMERON, leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom; delivered to the Conservative Conference, Manchester
Vital Speeches, back in the day
Sep 29, 2009
A sampling of American speeches from 75 years ago reveals rhetoric both strange, and strangely familiar.
“Whatever you think your dream is now, it will probably change”
Jun 14, 2011
Conan O’Brien to Dartmouth grads: “Through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.”
Not one speech this week, but four
Dec 17, 2012
Four speeches that defined a week that may have defined a change in American culture.
A speech to dedicate a speech
Nov 13, 2013
Nine months from now, 100 years ago, the horror of all ages came together to open the curtain on mankind's greatest century of violence – the 20th century. What distinguished …
One People Chasing One Dream and One Magnificent Destiny
Jul 10, 2019
Hello, America. Hello. The First Lady and I wish each and every one of you a Happy Independence Day on this truly historic Fourth of July! (Applause.) Today, we come …
This Old Man
Nov 05, 2014
Paul Keating said the reward for public life is public progress. For one born estranged from the nation’s citizenship, into a humble family of a marginal people striving in the …
It’s been a long road and it’s taken a lot of doing
Feb 11, 2015
I’m glad for my songs to be honored like this. But you know, they didn’t get here by themselves. It’s been a long road and it’s taken a lot of …
Palliative care: The gap between the rhetoric and the reality
May 27, 2015
Editor’s Note: The speech was actually not delivered, after the RACP dropped Dr. Syme as its keynoter, citing members’ complaints about the subject. Nevertheless, Dr. Syme distributed the speech text …