Civility and Rhetoric

by | Jan 15, 2021 | Biden, Civility, Lincoln, Rhetroric

Michael Gerson at The Washington Post: How can Biden shape a rhetoric of unity and inclusion in a nation that cannot agree on democratic values, and does not agree on truth itself? He might begin by reading Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural. Lincoln drew a hard line...

Accuracy and Presidential Rhetoric

by | Mar 12, 2020 | Presidency, Rhetroric

Keith Hennessey: In more than six years on the staff of President George W. Bush’s National Economic Council, I had the type of conversation described in the WSJ article hundreds of times. As a policy aide one of my core responsibilities was to make sure the...