Arguments aren’t won with information; they’re resolved with rhetoric, the art of persuasion. In Thank You For Arguing, author Jay Heinrichs reveals the secrets to mastering rhetoric, identifying ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This article appropriates Thomas Conley's (1990) four classical positions on the nature and function of rhetoric, and assesses their relevance vis-à-vis three contemporary normative approaches to ...

A new favorite phrase of the leftist media—which is to say, the media—is “without evidence,” as in “(insert name of conservative here) stated, without evidence….” In most cases, the media is either ...

Joan Leach receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is President of Australian Science Communicators and affiliated with the Association for Rhetoric of Science and Technology. We ...

An effective closing argument in a presidential reelection is one that makes the case based on a record of accomplishments, motivates the base, and persuades independents and undecided voters.

The days since Saturday’s attack on Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords that left 6 dead have been filled with various attempts to explain the shooter’s motives. Politicians and pundits on the ...

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, about how President Trump's speech against Muslims during the campaign has hurt him in his legal ...