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 ...

In the rush to explain Saturday’s tragic shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, many in the media have rushed to link the bloodbath to what they see as the recent upsurge in harsh political ...

For a while now a number of ‘issues’ are in the limelight in Pakistan. Every single politician talks about them, every analyst discusses them and the whole population chimes about them literally every ...

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Since its inception in Ancient Greece, the discipline of rhetoric — not to be confused with what’s often dismissed as “mere rhetoric” or the knack of sophistry, which is making arguments in bad faith ...

What is the value of America's military and humanitarian interventions? Just look at Mali: Its shattered democracy and roving rebel groups are a troubling picture of an AFRICOM partner state. Six ...

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 ...

Take a look at the top secret report prepared for the president. America's strategic interests, the National Security Council document says, demand that the administration use all its political muscle ...

The violence at an Arizona shopping center in Tucson Saturday is a reminder to Americans that public figures with easy access to large microphones have a responsibility to cool the rhetoric.