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 ...

To donate to the PWR, please make sure to enter or select the "Program for Writing and Rhetoric Fund" on the CU Boulder donation page. Creative nonfiction is an important and integral part of the ...

Science seems to be under attack in America, so much so that scientists and their supporters are marching in the streets. In response, scientists are taking a stand. They are defending their work ...

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 ...

Three term New York governor Mario Cuomo died yesterday of heart failure, just after his son, Andrew, began his second terms as that state's chief executive. Mario Cuomo, a Democrat, was the son of ...