About Rhetorica
This blog has a long history by blogging standards. It began as the Timeline blog in 1998, which was a part of a site I created in grad school called Presidential Campaign Rhetoric 2000. In 2002, I re-branded everything and created the Rhetorica: Press Politics Journal. I had a modest amount of success in the early days of blogging as quantified by links, page views, and reader engagement. All of that history is available on Archive.org. In later years, I tried a few different things, including recently abandoning the blog (following a major snafu in which I lost much of my content) and making Rhetorica a portfolio site for my documentary filmmaking. But I’ve re-banded again, so Rhetorica will once again be a rhetoric blog. My documentary work can be found at Eyewitness.
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Category Archives: Current Events
He Was There All Along
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
A Television Show Called America
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 Wish Strauss & Howe Were Wrong
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
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