It's the season of speeches. Every four years, Americans are treated to oratory by speakers of both parties who address their national party conventions. The purpose of such oratory is less to ...

If you’ve been charged with saying a few words about the newlyweds, here are some tips to help ease your anxiety and inspire you to speak from the heart. By Dina Gachman Massive parties with 10-piece ...

When an agency executive gives a speech, it has to be memorable enough to capture and retain the audience’s attention. If you want to ensure a powerful delivery that gets your point across clearly and ...

The convention speech is a milestone in every campaign, a moment when the candidate is guaranteed to be heard by millions of Americans. The better nomination speeches are also remembered, and the best ...

Alan Brownstein, professor of constitutional law at the School of Law, speaks at the Dialogue and Discernment forum. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) The United States has the strongest protections for free ...

I’m a fan of great speeches. Whether real or fictional, great speeches have the capacity for informing and identifying. A good speech causes words to go beyond being mere words. They become a clarion ...

While the president did not explicitly endorse Senator Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel, his general praise of the senator’s speech will be seen as a rebuke of Prime Minister Benjamin ...

State of the Union speeches tend to have a soporific cadence. Presidents and their writers, feeling pressure to make their achievements seem historically epic, layer on portentous and faux-inspiring ...