As the Iranian people continue to protest the disputed election results, journalists and politicians and everyday citizens are responding loud and clear. Peggy Noonan wrote this piece in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend aptly entitled “Whose Side are You On? You Have to Ask?” She writes: …the uprising, as it moves us, reminds us [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Conquering 233 Speeches’
June 18, 2009
Pericles & Lincoln
Pericles’ Funeral Oration and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address complement each other like a piece of dark chocolate and a glass of red wine. Each brings out the flavors, textures, and beauties of the other. Both orators took the same approach to a national tragedy: honor the dead by extolling the virtues and principles for which they died. [...]
June 17, 2009
Rhetoric Could Save Your Life
Did you know that, in ancient Greece, you had to learn how communicate persuasively and eloquently? Your rhetorical ability was a status symbol… like a purse or car or house today. Except this “status symbol” could save your life. In a day when each man pleaded his own case before a jury, the argument and delivery could [...]
