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2008.04.28: NEW LOCATION FOR “SPEECHWRITER’S SLANT”
2008.04.22: SEND IN THE CLOWNS
2008.04.21: CHURCHILL FOR HIRE?
2008.04.17: “THE SPEECHWRITER’S SLANT” IS MOVING
2008.04.14: MS 150: IT WAS NO “BREEZE”
2008.04.09: CELEBRATING SPEECHWRITERS?
2008.04.08: MS -- PEDALING FOR A CURE
2008.04.04: CELEBRATING SPEECHWRITERS
2008.04.01: SURFING THE NET AT WARP SPEED
2008.03.28: WILL HILLARY KNEECAP OBAMA?
2008.03.27: BUT CAN OBAMA EXPLAIN ECONOMICS?
2008.03.25: SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR
2008.03.20: FORGETTING ONESELF INTO IMMORTALITY
2008.03.18: A MORE PERFECT UNION –- OR UNIONS?
2008.03.14: IRISH ELOQUENCE
2008.03.11: “YES, WE CAN” OR, “YES, I CAN”?
2008.03.07: A COMPOSER’S BOW TO WRITERS
2008.03.04: MORE ON POLITICAL PLAGIARISM
2008.02.28: MY IDOL
2008.02.26: WHO’S A PLAGIARIST?
2008.02.21: GATSBY’S GREEN LIGHT
2008.02.18: HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL?
2008.02.11: LINCOLN SHOWS HIS STEEL
2008.02.07: “I SIT WITH SHAKESPEARE …”
2008.02.04: STORYTELLERS IN CHIEF
2008.01.31: ECLECTIC ENGLISH
2008.01.28: WHO KILLED THE GOP?
2008.01.24: BRAGGING RIGHTS
2008.01.21: “LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN AS WATERS….”
2008.01.17: HILLARY LIGHTENS UP?
2008.01.15: “MERE” ELOQUENCE?
2008.01.10: OBAMA’S WORDSMITH
2008.01.08: AN ATHEIST PRESIDENT?
2008.01.04: ANOTHER PREACHER PRESIDENT?
2008.01.03: A BRACING DOSE OF MENCKEN
2007.12.31: HENPECKED
2007.12.28: SPEECHWRITERS BY THE THOUSANDS?
2007.12.21: A SPEECHWRITER’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
2007.12.21: LIAR, LIAR
2007.12.18: TR VETOES “WATERBOARDING”
2007.12.13: HUCKABEE HAS NO SPEECHWRITERS???!!!
2007.12.10: CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, MITT
2007.12.06: ROMNEY’S FAN DANCE
2007.12.05: THOSE AWFUL FISCAL CONSERVATIVES
2007.12.04: DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY
2007.11.29: FOUNDING MOTHERS
2007.11.27: FOUNDING FATHERS AND FICKLE FAME
2007.11.23: POPEYE FOR PRESIDENT?
2007.11.21: WISER THAN GOD?
2007.11.19: WHO WILL WRITE THIS IGNORANT MAN’S STATE PAPERS?
2007.11.16: BLACK MAN ON A WHITE HORSE?
2007.11.15: VIVE SARKOZY!
2007.11.13: OLD STORIES NEVER DIE
2007.11.09: REMEMBER VETERANS’ DAY
2007.11.07: “STRONGER THAN ALL THE ARMIES ….”
2007.11.05: THE WIZARD OF OOZE
2007.10.31: THE GHOST OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH
2007.10.30: "LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL"
2007.10.25: DUELING PRIME MINISTERS
2007.10.23: WHY AM GIVING THIS SPEECH?
2007.10.19: OSCAR VS. VLADIMIR
2007.10.18: OSCARWILDE.COM?
2007.10.15: KILLING THE MESSENGER
2007.10.10: FIFTY YEARS SINCE ATLAS SHRUGGED
2007.10.09: CAUGHT IN A NET?
2007.10.04: WHEN SPUTNIK STARTLED THE WORLD
2007.10.02: MANAGER OR LEADER?
2007.09.28: MAD MEN AND BABY BOOMERS
2007.09.25: PRESIDENT BUSH’S CURE FOR BOMBAST
2007.09.21: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECHWRITERS
2007.09.18: THE ROLLING ENGLISH DRUNKARD
2007.09.12: IKE’S FINAL BATTLE
2007.09.07: LINCOLN AND FALSTAFF
2007.09.06: AUTHORS VS. ACTORS
2007.09.05: MILKING A LINE FOR LAUGHS
2007.08.29: “SUSPENSION” FOR SENATOR CRAIG?
2007.08.28: BULLET POINTS OR LOGIC?
2007.08.24: LOOKING FOR RICHARD
2007.08.22: POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
2007.08.20: SPEECHES FROM SCRAPS OF PAPER
2007.08.17: DRAWING PICTURES WITH WORDS
2007.08.14: TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS –- FOR THINGS WE DIDN’T DO
2007.08.09: THE COURTESY OF KINGS
2007.08.06: DAVY CROCKETT’S LAST STAND –- AGAINST EARMARKS
2007.08.02: NO SECOND CHANCES FOR SPEECHWRITERS
2007.07.30: DO FRIENDS MAKE US FAT?
2007.07.27: WOT’S A “KEAT”?
2007.07.25: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS –- BY READING
2007.07.23: “BLOW YOUR OWN TRUMPET…”
2007.07.20: SEN. OBAMA’S MODEL GRADUATION ADDRESS
2007.07.16: WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
2007.07.13: A SPEECHWRITER’S ROMP INTO FANTASY
2007.07.10: TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT
2007.07.09: BUBBLES
2007.07.04: PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS
2007.07.03: AMERICA’S RULING HOUSES
2007.07.02: POLITICAL CURIOSITIES
2007.06.27: A BLOW FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT
2007.06.25: BEGUN WITH A SPEECH
2007.06.17: JFK’s BEST FRIEND WAS WHAT??!!
2007.06.13: MORE ON MITT’S MORMONISM
2007.06.12: “MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!”
2007.06.11: MITT ROMNEY’S MORMONISM
2007.06.09: THE CYBER WATER COOLER
2007.06.05: LINCOLN HAD SMALLPOX AT GETTYSBURG
2007.06.01: RELIGIOUS LITERACY –- WHY IT MATTERS
2007.05.29: JOHN WAYNE’S BODY
2007.05.23: KEEPING FAITH ON MEMORIAL DAY
2007.05.21: A VOICE FROM THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD
2007.05.18: THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
2007.05.14: REMEMBERING MIKE ROYKO
2007.05.11: MR. BLAIR’S FINEST HOUR
2007.05.07: A PAINLESS HISTORY LESSON
2007.05.04: “HORRIBLE STYGIAN SMOKE”
2007.05.01: CAUGHT BY AMBULANCE CHASERS
2007.04.24: OBAMA: AMERICA’S NEW BRAND NAME?
2007.04.23: YAK, YAK, YAK!!!
2007.04.19: “I’M HEN-ER-Y THE EIGHTH, I AM”
2007.04.16: REGARDING HENRY
2007.04.12: “CLASSICS WHILE YOU WAIT”
2007.04.10: AN OCTOPUS WITH THE MANGE
2007.04.02: A SAINT WHO KILLED?
2007.03.30: STARVING ARTISTS
2007.03.27: COWBOY POETRY
2007.03.23: THE SECRET LIVES OF SPEECHWRITERS
2007.03.21: “THREE TIMES IS …”
2007.03.15: IRISH POLITICAL ECONOMY
2007.03.13: ROOM FOR NEW CREATIONS
2007.03.08: SOY TEJANO!
2007.03.05: A LINE IN THE SAND
2007.03.01: HEALING LAUGHTER
2007.03.01: RIDE A BIKE? WEAR A HELMET!!!
2007.02.26: LONGFELLOW AT 200
2007.02.22: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON’S ATLANTA COMPROMISE
2007.02.19: GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MAGNIFICENT ASIDE
2007.02.16: OUT-TAKES
2007.02.13: FULL-TIME SPEECHWRITERS –- WE HAPPY FEW?
2007.02.05: “TO THIS WE’VE COME….”
2007.02.01: SENATOR JOE BLOW
2007.01.29: A SPEECH FROM NEVERLAND
2007.01.24: PRESIDENT RENAULT’S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
2007.01.22: ROUGHING IT AT THE WHITE HOUSE MESS
2007.01.18: “HUMAN NATURE IN THE RAW”
2007.01.15: DR. KING’S C+
2007.01.12: THE CONSERVATISM OF DOUBT
2007.01.11: A BETTER ‘OLE?
2007.01.03: THE MUSE OF HISTORY
2007.01.02: MASTERPIECES FROM HELL
2006.12.27: HEALING WORDS
2006.12.22: A SPEECHWRITER’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
2006.12.20: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE?
2006.12.19: “MURDER YOUR DARLINGS”
2006.12.15: FREE SPEECH –- OR POLITICALLY CORRECT?
2006.12.13: DIVINELY INSPIRED
2006.12.08: THAT’S SHOW BIZ?
2006.12.04: "HYPOCRITICAL", AM I?
2006.11.29: THE SAINT AT YOUR ELBOW
2006.11.28: A POWERPOINT LIMERICK
2006.11.22: LINCOLN’S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
2006.11.20: CAPITALISM AND FRIEDMAN
2006.11.17: NICE SERMON, PASTOR –- WHO WROTE IT?
2006.11.15: DEATH BY POWERPOINT?
2006.11.10: POLITICAL CROSS-DRESSING
2006.11.09: VETERANS DAY
2006.11.06: WORDS THAT SPOKE LOUDER THAN DEEDS
2006.11.03: NO EXCUSE FOR ROGUE ELEPHANTS
2006.11.02: SEN. KERRY’S GAFFE
2006.11.01: GET ME THE ROYAL SPEECHWRITER!
2006.10.30: PITY THE VAMPIRES
2006.10.26: SCHADENFREUDE
2006.10.23: A LEGACY OF LAUGHTER
2006.10.16: SHOULD CYBER BE FOREVER?
2006.10.11: CUT AND RUN?
2006.10.09: SAIL ON! SAIL ON!
2006.10.06: WHO GOES TO BED WITH WHOM? WHO CARES!!!
2006.10.03: THE FLAG OF HUMANITY?
2006.09.29: THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
2006.09.27: NOT QUITE "ALL" THE KING'S MEN
2006.09.22: HURRICANE HUGO
2006.09.20: TOP IOO SPEECHES WEB SITE
2006.09.13: 9/11 AT 5 – AND COUNTING
2006.09.11: WALKING ON WATER?
2006.09.08: SPEECHWRITER ETHICS
2006.09.05: THE POWER OF SPEECH
2006.09.01: OATHS, AFFIRMATIONS AND ATHEISTS
2006.08.30: NO RELIGIOUS TEST
2006.08.25: SPEECHWRITER SURVIVAL SKILLS
2006.08.23: THE KNOWLEDGE OF A LIFETIME
2006.08.18: “MY GENTLE LIONS…”
2006.08.16: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
2006.08.11: OGILVY ON SPEECHWRITING
2006.08.09: THE PREACHER PRESIDENT
2006.08.04: “BUILDING A CATHEDRAL”
2006.08.01: THE OWL WHO WAS GOD
2006.07.28: THE CLONING OF A PRESIDENT
2006.07.26: GROUPTHINK
2006.07.21: WHAT A GOOD SPEECH CAN – AND CAN’T – DO
2006.07.20: SOLDIERS ONCE ...
2006.07.18: ME, VOTE? YOU BET YOUR LIFE!
2006.07.14: GALLIC WIT
2006.07.13: "GO WEST, YOUNG MAN..."
2006.07.10: LEGACIES
2006.07.05: LAY-ING IT ON
2006.07.03: TR'S ELOQUENT GESTURE
2006.06.28: “DON’T BE AFRAID OF FREEDOM…”
2006.06.27: ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE
2006.06.23: ARTHUR & GEORGE
2006.06.20: DEFINING CONSERVATISM
2006.06.16: "FAILED TO THRIVE"???
2006.06.13: EXIT, STAGE RIGHT?
2006.06.08: GET A LIFE? NO – IMPROVISE ONE!
2006.06.05: GROSS INDECENCY
2006.06.01: "GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE..."
2006.05.29: MEMORIAL DAY
2006.05.26: BUT PLEASE DON’T BITE MY NECK!
2006.05.24: HISTORY IS BUNK?
2006.05.19: "TO PLEASE A CHILD..."
2006.05.16: BUSH ON IMMIGRATION: A MODEL SPEECH
2006.05.15: WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE ...?
2006.05.10: MOTHER'S DAY
2006.05.08: HAGEL: "STOP THIS MADNESS..."
2006.05.03: NO SNOW JOB
2006.05.01: O SAY, CAN YOU SI?
2006.04.28: TALLY HO-HO-HO!
2006.04.24: ADVICE FROM A SPEECHWRITER'S SPEECHWRITER
2006.04.20: LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
2006.04.19: THE POET AND THE PRIZE
2006.04.17: GOD AND SAN FRANCISCO
2006.04.13: A VOICE FROM THE TITANIC
2006.04.11: "DEAR SPEECHWRITER WANNABE...."
2006.04.06: "THE PURSUIT OF DIGNITY"
2006.04.03: TEACHING IN PARABLES
2006.03.29: LYN NOFZIGER, RIP
2006.03.23: AUTHOR, AUTHOR!
2006.03.21: IS GHOSTWRITING ETHICAL?
2006.03.15: IRELAND’S GAY HERO
2006.03.13: CREEPING ISLAMIC CENSORSHIP
2006.03.09: VIVE VOLTAIRE!
2006.03.07: ON THE CARPET
2006.03.02: COULD "HONEST ABE" HAVE SURVIVED THE INTERNET?
2006.02.27: LINCOLN’S COOPER UNION SPEECH
2006.02.24: MORE QUOTABLE CAL
2006.02.17: FINE WORDS FROM MR. COOLIDGE
2006.02.14: PETER BENCHLEY, SPEECHWRITER?
2006.02.07: 27.2 MILLION BLOGS???!!!
2006.02.06: INGERSOLL THE MAGNIFICENT
2006.02.02: ALTERNATIVE FUELS -- IMPOSSIBLE DREAM?
2006.01.29: CHARLES I, SAINT AND MARTYR
2006.01.26: MOZART MAKES A SPEECH
2006.01.24: LONG -- LONG AGO
2006.01.20: MY OWN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
2006.01.17: DO WE NEED LIFE TENURE?
2006.01.12: A "PARTICULAR KIND" OF JAPANESE
2006.01.09: "THE INSCRUTABLE WORKINGS OF PROVIDENCE"
2006.01.02: HERE COME DA JUDGE!
2005.12.21: THAT “CIVIL WAR” CAROL
2005.12.19: MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE "HOLIDAY" CARDS
2005.12.15: “CLEAN” GENE AND “DIRTY” MONEY
2005.12.12: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE EXMAS CARD
2005.12.07: FROM "HISTORY" TO "INFAMY"
2005.12.05: THE POWER OF PO$ITIVE $PEAKING
2005.12.01: A "GOOD" FENCE?
2005.11.29: "WATCH THE BORDERS!"
2005.11.22: GEORGE W's THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
2005.11.18: QUOTABLE DRUCKER
2005.11.15: ATROCIOUS ALLITERATION
2005.11.10: WIND-FULL SENATORS
2005.11.08: CARVILLE: DEMS NEED BETTER “NARRATIVE”
2005.11.05: BREVITY
2005.11.01: TAX WINDOWS NEXT?
2005.10.28: “WE ANNIHILATED THE WORLD…”
2005.10.25: Justice DeLayed?
2005.10.21: BLOOD AND SAND
2005.10.17: THE DA VINCI RESUME
2005.10.11: BUMMER!
2005.10.06: THE TROUBLE WITH VLADIMIR
2005.10.03: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AYN RAND
2005.09.29: DR. LEVINE’S MAGIC BULLET
2005.09.26: "HOW DRY I AM....'
2005.09.23: LAST POST?
2005.09.22: AL GORE PLAIGERIZES CHURCHILL TO MAKE A POINT
2005.09.18: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE – A POST-KATRINA ADAPTATION OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ PLAY
2005.09.16: BUSH'S JACKSON SQUARE SPEECH -- TOO LATE, BUT NOT TOO LITTLE
2005.09.15: GOP: TRADING THE ELEPHANT FOR THE HOG?
2005.09.14: HATS OFF TO HOUSTON!
2005.09.12: THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT
2005.09.09: BUSH -- FROM BANALITY TO BUFFOONERY
2005.09.06: I'M B-A-A-A-A-A-A-CK!
2005.08.31: Introducing the new speech blogger ...
2005.08.23: Wal-Mart: Deep in denial and still digging
2005.08.19: BTK killer thanks the little people
2005.08.17: On the road again ...
2005.08.15: Do you tell people you're 'on deadline'?
2005.08.12: The allure of power and how speechwriters must resist it
2005.08.10: Speaking coaches: Do you have a favorite?
2005.08.08: University speechwriting job opens
2005.08.05: Is it practical?
2005.08.03: Question of the day
2005.08.01: A Vietnam-era speechwriter expressed his regrets
2005.07.29: You think your chairman likes platitudes
2005.07.27: China: Most easily understood by people who work in corporate America (Part One)
2005.07.25: Out of the wok and into the fire
2005.07.22: Hal's last post ...
2005.07.20: Oyez, oyez, oyez!
2005.07.18: High repartee
2005.07.14: Happy Bastille Day?
2005.07.13: Ever the Twain
2005.07.11: A great graduation address
2005.07.07: Another battle of Britain
2005.07.07: An ex-pow's argument against the flag-burning amendment
2005.07.05: One of the best 4th of July speeches
2005.06.30: I'm off to China; Hal Gordon takes the wheel
2005.06.30: No shrugging at speakers' "swugging"
2005.06.29: A good line to use with a CEO
2005.06.27: Pomp and circumstance
2005.06.24: Flag-burning is the topic again
2005.06.22: Who dog think Martian wait?
2005.06.20: Speechwriter, brand thyself
2005.06.17: A Midwestern man goes to Mars
2005.06.15: Speechwriters can laugh
2005.06.13: Calling women, looking for answers
2005.06.10: Know your audience; know yourself
2005.06.08: Spelling bees for grown-ups
2005.06.06: Feeling burnish
2005.06.03: Another satisfied client
2005.06.01: Psst .
2005.05.31: Even huger industry secret
2005.05.25: Huge industry secret
2005.05.24: The soul of irresponsibility
2005.05.23: Making notes in books: Is there any reason in the world not to?
2005.05.19: A good line, a good sign
2005.05.18: Phony surveys only get phonier
2005.05.16: Which side is your organization on?
2005.05.13: Humor at our expense
2005.05.12: Words on a Wednesday
2005.05.10: Where do you find your inspiration?
2005.05.06: Evolution in rhetoric
2005.05.04: First-class speechwriting talent available
2005.05.03: Lamely delivered presidential comedy
2005.05.02: Blogger for hire
2005.04.29: Friday chuckles
2005.04.27: Organizational rhetoric is alive and well
2005.04.25: Anyone out there?
2005.04.21: In defense of writers
2005.04.19: The cost-benefit of a speech
2005.04.15: Let's talk about feelings (part two)
2005.04.13: Let's talk about feelings
2005.04.11: Words to write by
2005.04.06: Question of the Week
2005.04.04: A painful speech to watch
2005.03.31: Are you a hack writer?
2005.03.29: Question of the Day
2005.03.24: In the spotlight
2005.03.23: Misguided instructions
2005.03.21: Writers, give up the ghost
2005.03.18: Ghostwriter's lament
2005.03.16: Question of the Day
2005.03.14: A dose of real sincerity
2005.03.10: Writers make good party companions
2005.03.09: Word of the Day
2005.03.07: Job opening!
2005.03.04: A speechwriter's St. Patrick's Day limerick:
2005.03.03: Another meaningless term
2005.03.01: What's a message driver?
2005.02.25: Wal-Mart salvo worth a look
2005.02.23: Obnoxiousness at its best
2005.02.21: Hunter S. Thompson is gone
2005.02.18: A CEO's gift to a speechwriter
2005.02.16: Who gets the credit?
2005.02.14: So, how'd it go?
2005.02.09: It's that time of year . . .
2005.02.08: Annoying spaces
2005.02.03: A dreadful state
2005.01.31: You can't fake bold
2005.01.26: A friendly gathering
2005.01.24: Hard to measure
2005.01.20: The inaugural address
2005.01.20: A gem of a voice mail
2005.01.19: Memo to CEOs: stop blogging
2005.01.14: Mothers for daycare
2005.01.12: A reminding machine
2005.01.10: An air of supremacy
2005.01.06: The White House shuffle
2005.01.06: The old-fashioned way
2005.01.04: Let's shut up, already
2005.01.03: No shame in your racket
2004.12.22: Screw "happy holidays"
2004.12.20: Gigglers and grumblers
2004.12.16: Welcome to the blog-o-sphere

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