What Makes a Speaker Persuasive?
In his treatise on rhetoric, when Aristotle set out to express the factor that makes a public speaker most persuasive, he elected an element not many of us would choose. […]
Tag Archives: Martin Luther King
“You have to learn how to die”
How can one fight to produce peace? How can one win a war without causing more wars in the future? These questions hit me, as funny as it may be, […]
A Note to Obama Before He Bombs Syria…
How do we stop cycles of vengeance and violence? How can international powers intervene effectively in a brutal civil war like Syria’s? What can we say to someone who has […]
“Here Lived a Great Street Sweeper…”
I’ve got two questions I’m going to ask you. Here’s the first one: “So, what do you do?” This is one of those standard questions we get asked when we […]
Wondering Fair 