Recent Exercises

  • Deliberative Democratic Theory and Debate

    What gives? I am reading Deliberative Democratic Theory for the first time – never really been much of one to have faith in democracy other than a rhetorical…

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  • Backfiring Facts

    There’s a new format of student excuse that I’m getting these days that relies on credibility but really doesn’t do a great job of audience adaptation. It’s worth…

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  • Talking about Rhetoric on a Podcast

    Thanks to Ian for a great time on his podcast. It makes me want to fire up In the Bin again, but what doesn’t? The only thing about…

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  • Evaluating Biden’s Farewell Speech

    I thought I’d do a play by play of Biden’s farewell speech. I didn’t think it was great, but the devil is in the details. See what you…

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  • The Mathematics of Rhetoric

    This is a conference presentation by Dr. Lisa Piccirillo, a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. This video is remarkable for many different reasons.…

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  • Terms of Service at the University

    During the election , any election we are treated to numerous “persona on the street” interviews where people announce they are “ready for change.” Supporting change is like…

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