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If the enemies of truth employ the arts of persuasion, then lovers of truth have no choice but to employ them more effectively. In the book, you identify the key communication skills of five renowned ...

No one has yet blamed Jared Loughner’s teachers for his violent mind-set and actions in Arizona, but teachers and parents have long been aware that inflammatory rhetoric can spark agitation in ...

Today on the Academic Minute: Ryan Skinnell, assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at San Jose State University, looks into how one candidate used a trinket to identify his followers. Learn ...

The dangers of this rhetoric are not hypothetical. We have seen assassination attempts on public officials, violent confrontations at rallies, and threats against everyday citizens who are choosing to ...

I was not surprised to read the infantile analogies, denial of empirical facts, and relativist analyses presented by the intelligentsia clique whose anachronistic, amoral, and disingenuous opinions on ...

In 2005, Steve Jobs delivered an iconic commencement speech at Stanford University that continues to inspire millions across ...