Donald Trump’s town hall marked a ratings high for CNN, but the March 10, 2023, event also came with a price for the cable news…
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Democratic primary debates, of which we’ve now had ten, are exemplars of what debates should not be, how not to persuade people to change opinions,…
Comments closedThe impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump begins later today, January 21, 2020. Most of us presume to know the conclusion: acquittal by the Republican-majority…
Comments closedDonald Trump has been impeached, the third president to be impeached. My colleagues in rhetoric, most of whom were stunned when Trump won the 2016…
Comments closedMinds will not be changed before, during, or after the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The impeachment is not a formal argument, it is merely…
Comments closedThese are the tricks used by websites to increase click-through rates: Second-person language First-person, sometimes, as relationship builder Hyperbole about knowledge and information Offers of…
Comments closedDemocracy doesn’t appeal to me, I’ve written before on this blog and elsewhere. The problem is that most of us, myself included, are not experts…
Comments closedMost people I know with doctorates in rhetoric are not teaching within a tenure-track appointment. After nine years, I admit that I’m not going to…
Comments closedLiberty. Freedom. Justice. Equality. Rights. Privilege. Fairness. (This list could continue to include hundreds of words and thousand of phrases.) Conservatives, liberals, progressives, libertarians… each…
Comments closedWe rely a lot on the reliability of various Internet service providers. We expect our broadband service to function at a reasonable speed every minute…
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