White House speechwriting story too geeky to believe

Jan 21, 2015

The following is from Vital Speeches editor David Murray's highly unprofessional and journalistically suspect live blog of the State of the Union Address, on his personal blog Writing Boots. —DM …

Speechwriter, write

Feb 02, 2016

Those of us who like Americana or alt-country music—country music with rock sensibilities—can be obsessive and last year, boy, were we. All through 2015, the golden boy of Americana, Ryan …

Speechwriting: It’s a process

Oct 12, 2016

Veteran Spectra Energy exec comms chief Lucinda Trew recently had to update all the company’s communications “processes.” Before getting serious about the speechwriting process, she got funny about the speechwriting …

Rhetorical pink slime

Aug 09, 2017

You can see it for yourself on the video at bottom: The handsome young CEO takes the stage at an employee town hall meeting to introduce the company's new mission. …

Time for some candid discussion

Dec 31, 2012

“The Republican Party does not need to change our principles,” Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal tells the Republication National Committee, “but we might need to change just about everything else we do