Most people will agree that over the past several years, American political leaders have been saying—and sharing on social media—unusual things that politicians would never have said a decade or two ...

There were seven styles of speech that Hermogenes identified that also had a lasting impact on rhetoric and public speaking.

In testing writing, what should we test for? When I first read of University of California President Richard C. Atkinson’s insistence that the SAT I include a writing component, I was pleased. After ...

When people use the term “rhetoric” these days, they usually mean empty language — be it high-flown or spoken in high dudgeon. A few may think of rhetoric as a deadly classical discipline devoted to ...

I was startled by the rhetoric employed by Epps, Jehn and McCarthy in their Op-Ed piece. What started as a principled attack on Hoxby’s resignation turned into ad hominem invective and a meandering ...