Tag: rhetoric

  • almost encounter

    almost encounter

    fame is a strange thing the talk of many who know relative number 100 rhetoricians 1,000,000 people at large each is a “many” although both really are few compared to the All yesterday I almost met some one whose name is well-known to some few many

  • A Slow Death by the Proper Name…

    A Slow Death by the Proper Name…

    Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has been naming extreme storms after people. But we propose a new naming system. One that names extreme storms caused by climate change, after the policy makers who deny climate change and obstruct climate policy. If you agree, sign the petition athttp://www.climatenamechange.org/#/pe… Related articles…

  • Quote: Style and the linguistic bases of Roman rhetorical devices

    Quote: Style and the linguistic bases of Roman rhetorical devices

    Originally posted on Wetwiring: I decided recently to brush up on my Latin (it has been a damp week in Ireland so far), and so dug out old grammars, dictionaries, and anthologies. I turned to Cicero (kik-er-oh I keep reminding myself), as the flavour of some of the orations seemed…

  • The NRA & the Black Panthers “in dialog”: The Secret History of Guns

    Whether we are Christians or Muslims or nationalists or agnostics or atheists, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have anything to argue about until we get finished arguing with…