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Rhetoric for Engineers
As a field of study, rhetoric has enjoyed a popular resurgence in at the college level, and when deployed effectively, various rhetorical devices can make any piece of writing much more compelling. Ron Graham has created this site ...
He said/She said: Rhetoric and the Democratic campaign
Rhetoric, the technique of persuasion through the use of the spoken word, has been in the news as the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton heats up. It’s refreshing for speechwriters and public speakers to see this. ...
Iran Rhetoric Seen as Signal Of Possible Attack on Israel
UNITED NATIONS — Top Iranian officials have increased their verbal attacks and threats against Israel in recent days, in a pattern seen by Iran-watchers in Jerusalem as a possible precursor of a terrorist attack against Israel or other ...
What do you stand for?
I stand for the particular and in defiance of the absolute.
Steak n' Shake and Sardar Biglari up the rhetoric
Filed under: Activist investing. If the latest personal attacks in the presidential election are too softball for your taste, you may want to take a look at the efforts of Steak n Shake's (NYSE: SNS) entrenched and poorly-performing ...
Secessionist rhetoric
I just got this little missive in my inbox from my friend Mark. It would sound good ... except that the good part excludes America's Wang™. Oh, well ... Dear Red States... We (the state of California) have decided we're leaving. ...
Intelligent Writing About Palestine (that goes beyond the rhetoric)
You may or may not be looking for a source of information on Palestine that digs deeper than all the rhetoric we hear in the media. If such a source would be of interest to you then you should investigate This Week In Palestine. ...
This video is worth seeing, and passing around….
Well, I finally found something that I think needs to be seen by everyone. This video, that I made as one of my updates for my blog talk radio show, and my blog here, was made public this morning finally, after I had troubles getting it ...
30 Weeks
I guess what we have for the time being is a pregnancy blog. It won't be for much longer, though. Today I hit the 30-week mark. Morning sickness is ba-ack, but other than that, things are fine. I hope I have the good fortune to be ...
The fuzzy line between cognitive psychology and rhetoric with ...
But I have to wonder: is this psychology or is this rhetoric? I’ve wondered this before about things like “usability design” for web sites. As far as I can tell, a lot of the usability folks out in industry see this as something that is ...