Search online for “the meaning of rhetoric,” and you’ll find the word typically defined as speech or writing intended to persuade others. Some sources list as a secondary meaning bombastic or sentimental speech and writing, often deceitful in their attempts at persuasion. “He’s just gaslighting us,” someone might say of a politician’s appearance. “It’s all…
Has the West Run Out of Statesmen?
Daniel J. Mahoney has known a few statesmen and a host of politicians during his decades in and around the politics of the West. He points out there’s a difference between the two, and there’s also the tyrant who tends to separate himself or herself from the two despite originating in the same circles. The…
John Robson: We’ve Come to Not Just Accept, but Embrace Mediocrity in Canada
Commentary As I tweet a torrent of stories about the sorry state of Canadian governments, I do recall Ian MacLaren’s “The Cunning Speech of Drumtochty,” in which downpours only prompt the locals to say it “threatened tae be weet,” saving stronger language for Biblical deluges. So when the prime minister insists sententiously that “Canada is…
Sticks, Stone, and Worse
Commentary Most people are familiar with the phrase “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” The incendiary rhetoric that has engulfed our political system has demonstrated that especially violent words can cause hurt, even death, to others. The most recent example is a California man who showed up last…
Just Biden His Time
Commentary There he goes again! Almost as soon as he took office last year, President Joe Biden heralded the new era in American diplomacy by calling Vladimir Putin, president of the country’s chief rival as a nuclear super-power, a “killer” without a human soul. Now everybody knows—at least everybody who has been paying attention knows—that…
Biden’s Rhetoric on Immigration Fueling Humanitarian and Security Crisis: Rep. Babin
March 20, 2021
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Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said Friday that President Joe Biden’s rhetoric was fueling what he described as a humanitarian and national security crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. After taking office, President Joe Biden rushed to end some border policies of his predecessor, proposed a pathway to citizenship for millions of people in the United States…
‘It Took Me by Surprise’: Academic Critical of BLM Movement Had Article on Her Paper Removed
Sonia Orlu never expected that an article about her recent paper on the Black Lives Matter movement would be promptly deleted by a Vancouver radio station after it was published following an interview with the station. But that’s what happened on March 5 to the PhD candidate in political science at Simon Fraser University and…
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