Monthly Archives: January 2010
Rhetorical Recap: In Love & SOTU
This week, I’ve been reminded of that strange transition that takes place between work and class. I almost feel as if I become a different person during the skyway walk, bus ride, and entry into the old brick building on … Continue reading
Filed under Speechwriting
Today’s Homework
Paper Prospectus Over the course of this semester, I will focus my research on Winston Churchill’s “Sinews of Peace” (or the “Iron Curtain” speech) given at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946. Although I will address all … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Classes, Speechwriting
Masterpiece of Political Prose
Yesterday, class was simply wonderful. We talked about the Declaration of Independence as a rhetorical document. How does it persuade? How does it draw in the reader and convince him/her that they should keep reading and, eventually, agree? These and … Continue reading
Filed under Classes, Politics, Wordsmith Wednesday
