In all the years that I have written this weblog (go here for the bulk of it) I have never (I’m fairly sure) discussed visual rhetoric. Perhaps that’s odd because I began my career as a photojournalist and morphed into … Continue reading →
I was taking a walk this morning around the canals of Aveiro and over-thinking about all kinds of stuff when this question popped up: Can arguments establish a facts? Never mind why it popped up. That would just muddy the … Continue reading →
If you follow historians such as Heather Cox Richardson or Tad Stoermer then you know that Archie Bunker has always been a part of us. I got slapped in the face with this reality not long ago when my wife … Continue reading →
There are two ways that I understand the rhetorical strategies of President Donald Trump. As a quick aside: When I say strategy here I do not mean to indicate that I think Trump is employing particular rhetorical strategies on purpose, … Continue reading →
I would find this annoying if I were not professionally and intellectually interested in the rhetoric of definitions. “Expat,” informal for expatriate, is a contested term. The standard dictionary denotation is “a person who lives outside their native country.” By … Continue reading →
If you take a look on the sidebar under Greatest Hits, you’ll see a growing list of links today to series content from the old Rhetorica. I’m planning to pull more content from the archive back onto this site where … Continue reading →
Rhetorica started out as a press-politics journal following, critiquing, and explaining the rhetoric of political reporting and politics. I gave up because I came to see my efforts as wasted on a system that cannot change. Whomping your head against … Continue reading →
Charges of media bias focused on partisanship are usually attempts to spin an audience or keep an audience in ideological line. Both of these goals seem to be in play in the new media bias web portal published by the … Continue reading →
We’ve had a lot of time to think about the theory of cyclical history as posited by Strauss & Howe in their numerous books starting with Generations: The History of America’s Future. I’ve been interested in this idea since first … Continue reading →
On the sidebar, you’ll see links under the heading Greatest Hits. These will be links to material — blog essays or other compilations — from the Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal as described in the About section of the sidebar. I’ll be … Continue reading →