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: rhetoric
Fundamentals of Visual Rhetoric Maybe
In all the years that I have written this weblog (go here for the bulk of it) I have never (I’m fairly sure) discussed visual rhetoric. Perhaps that’s odd because I began my career as a photojournalist and morphed into … Continue reading
Can Arguments Establish Facts?
I was taking a walk this morning around the canals of Aveiro and over-thinking about all kinds of stuff when this question popped up: Can arguments establish a facts? Never mind why it popped up. That would just muddy the … 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
The Rhetoric of Expat
I would find this annoying if I were not professionally and intellectually interested in the rhetoric of definitions. “Expat,” informal for expatriate, is a contested term. The standard dictionary denotation is “a person who lives outside their native country.” By … Continue reading