Today is a grand day. After several months of research and writing, I finally turn in my semester project on Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College. This afternoon we’ll discuss our projects briefly, fill out course evaluations, and then just have two days of presentations left before the end of the semester. I adore Winston [...]
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April 14, 2010
When I Grow Up
It’s late Wednesday evening and I’m headed off to bed. I’m tired but happy, having just finished my draft of my final paper for the semester. It’s rhetorical but not unintelligible, interesting but not too “punchy”, grounded but positive on Churchill’s skill as a rhetorician. I mean, really, what do you critique about Winston Churchill? [...]
February 26, 2010
Rhetorical Recap: Role of a Critic
Class has been a much-needed break this past week. As I walk out of work and into the sunshine and frigid air, the stress slowly melts away and I enter into another world and place. I’m no longer juggling twenty different balls. I become a critic, investigator, lover of rhetoric. My nine classmates (or colleagues) [...]
