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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January 6, 2021, was not the culmination of Donald Trump’s narcissistic embrace of conspiracies. Instead, the day was a midpoint in Trumpism and the decline of…
Comments closedThe people with whom we associated voluntarily, the organizations and groups to which we belong, communicate our values. Our associations define us because people assume…
Comments closedDemocratic 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 closedTeaching about rhetoric in the time of Donald Trump presents a curious challenge. I don’t believe Trump is a reflective, scholarly sort of thinker. Reports…
Comments closedWhat I find most interesting about this political moment, sadly, is the lack of coherence within the political parties. What the moment demonstrates is that…
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