rhetoric Tag Posts Index

Lack of Inspiration!

It should come as no surprise really that I've been having trouble writing posts lately. In fact I was having trouble remembering even the word for

Talking Past Each Other

So I recently watched the Douglas Murray vs. Dave Smith debate on The Joe Rogan Experience, and the longer I sat with it, the more I felt like something else was

Karine Jean Pierre Doubles Down On Rhetoric Trump Vance Threat To Democracy

Karine Jean Pierre was asked about the current President and Vice Presidents position that Donald Trump needed to tone down his rhetoric. Pierre suggested that both

Struck Dumb by the Loss of the Motives of Eloquence

Richard Lanham's book, "The Motives of Eloquence: Literary Rhetoric in the Renaissance," is one of the most important books in my library. What's It About?

Attribution vs. Appeals to Authority

In many online discussions, people like to quote other figures. Broadly speaking, such quotes seem to fall into two categories: attribution and appeal to authority.

"Trust Authority"

We've been hearing the demands that we trust the experts for a while now. Again, this is a myopic, half-brained, verbal ejaculation. Many people, including me, have

JustOneThing - Rhetoric: The Art Of The Silver Tongue

Rhetoric is most typically defined as "the art of persuasion". It is the third and crowning discipline of the foundational curriculum of Classical Greece

Kathy Hochul is no improvement on Cuomo.

I don't know if I can definitively say that Kathy Hochul is as bad or worse than Cuomo was; but, I see no indication that she's an improvement. After the act of

In addition to political fact-checkers, perhaps we need political-rhetoric-checkers.

I received the following email this morning from California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff. The email is entitled “a party without a spine.” I assume he’s referring

Musk's takeover is a win for liberalism, even if he fails.

The great thing about Elon Musk making this Twitter splash is that it's already the greatest win for liberal values in regard to social media in recent memory. Of

The old Russia at the border trick. That's the second this decade...

I was born at night, but not last night. If I had been, I would not know how to type. I was watching the entire saga last time Obama was in office and there were

Part 3 - Rhetoric

Where grammar is the input and base knowledge of who, what, where, when, and logic is the processing and understanding developed to arrive at why, rhetoric is the

Going against your natural predilection.

To me it's wrong when you judge somebody for what they are and can't control - gender, skin color, etc. But it's OK for actions or choices - racists, misogynists,

When Discussing Ideas, is One Writing Style Superior to Another?

I currently have two drafts saved on my WordPress blog, one of which I started today, and the other I last worked on some months ago, that are disturbingly similar.

[EN/FR] Lab’Oratory #2 - Pathos

(English version below) Bonjour à tous, Je poursuis cette série de posts rhétoriques, toujours dans l’idée de vous donner quelques outils pour construire des discours

We're not being fleeced, we're getting exactly what we've demanded.

Most of our political debate centers around an unwillingness of the American people to accept the fact that big government doesn't work. For some reason we've got

The Rhetoric of 24 Hour News Networks & Divisiveness in America

The introduction of 24 hour news networks has increased the need for new content. One of the ways that the news networks addressed the issue was with the inclusion

Criticism is part of free exchange of ideas; canceling is not

This is a new post on a topic that is subject of several of my previous posts. Ironic that the so-called "antifascists" embrace propaganda, a tool of the

Demagogue or Leader: A Psychological Profile

My Impression of a Demagogue, and Loyal Followers Demagogue. Does the word have any true meaning? It is hurled freely by opposing sides in a political debate. But

Habitación

Recogidas del aire, provenientes de otras habitaciones, golpean con constancia la prodigiosa simiente sus afligidas interpretaciones, hasta que le han confundido