There are always going to be times when we’re caught with our pants down, but that doesn’t mean we have to walk out in front of a group to show off our underwear. Some of us happen to have *exquisite* underpants, but even we’re better off not approaching a podium when we’re braindead or broken. We’ll traumatize ourselves and our audience with things we both can’t unsee. In situations like those, it’s best to call the whole thing off, or at least our part in it.… Continue Reading
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Preparation 1 — What to Do When We’re Not Prepared
Dear Rhetor, I frequently find myself ill-equipped and unprepared for things like speeches, meetings, negotiations, and presentations. If you could only pick one tip or tactic to use in situations like that, what would it be?… Continue Reading
What is Rhetoric? Part 5 — It’s Art
Art is Rhetoric all the way down. Whether we’re in the role of making it, managing it, or marketing it, or on the other end of either criticizing or experiencing it, our artistic decisions, experiences, and discoveries are all drawn in Rhetorically red ink. Art is a Rhetorical dance no matter who’s leading us.… Continue Reading
What is Rhetoric? Part 4 — It’s Law
Law is scary, law is hard, and law is a language. We literally use law to rule our lives, which are Rhetorical on all sides. Whether we’re arguing nations into existence, or arguing about when we begin to exist, the reach of any law is a Rhetorical one.… Continue Reading
What is Rhetoric? Part 3 — It’s Politics
If politics were a painting, Rhetoric is the medium it’s brushed in, the hair on the bristles, the canvas it’s placed on, the building it hangs in, and the gaze it’s viewed by. There’s never not Rhetoric in politics, only better or worse Rhetoric employed, and on increasingly crowded avenues.… Continue Reading
What is Rhetoric? Part 2 — It’s Religion
The wonderful thing about discussing Rhetoric regarding most anything, but particularly heated things like religion and politics, is that it only becomes *more* important the deeper we’re entrenched on either side of many dividing lines. Rhetoric’s role in religion, both in constituting it and conducting it, is the star of the show.… Continue Reading
What is Rhetoric? Part 1 — It’s the BART
The fate of the train car, like many topics, was ruled by *Rhetoric*, not lab accidents, space missiles, radiated lizards, or other blockbuster bollocks that are admittedly Rhetorically inclined.… Continue Reading
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