Words Pack a Punch

Words Pack a Punch

Jan. 23, 2013 by

Over forty years ago, drifting through my undergraduate years in my ratty easy chair, I came across three words that lifted the veil from my eyes.  Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, the Three Musketeers of rhetoric, seemed to me to be

Make it look simple and easy

Make it look simple and easy

Oct. 10, 2012 by

I subscribe to Lapham’s Quarterly, a magazine you should get if you have an appetite for a perspective beyond the micro-moments of our digital age. As you know, I’m in the business of helping knowledgeable people sell themselves and their

Public Speaking:  The Big Fat Issue

Public Speaking: The Big Fat Issue

Feb. 7, 2012 by

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” — Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican President who was committed to checking the power of elites. His remark that