WaPo’s fascinating speech commentary feature
Say What: Paul Ryan on America’s tough issues – The Washington Post Check this out. The Washington Post took the prepared notes for GOP vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s convention speech, and set up a page where you can comment on an individual paragraph, watch that segment of video, and call in the fact-checkers. What’s missing? … Keep reading →
From 2010, good advice on joke-writing in speeches
From How political speechwriters do comedy. – Slate Magazine: Which brings us to the third rule: Use jokes as damage control. Clinton never made light of the Lewinsky scandal directly. But in 1999, he started off his WHCD speech by somberly noting that had the Senate’s impeachment vote gone another way, he wouldn’t be standing here today. … Keep reading →
Health Secretary Sebelieus seeks speechwriter
U.S. readers, here’s a a dream job (provided your dreams tend to move very, very quickly, and you have several in one night): The Department of Health and Human Services is scouring for a scribe for Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.They’ll consider all levels of experience, but you must be able to “write well and quickly on a … Keep reading →
This is what I saw when I walked out of my local Safeway at…
This is what I saw when I walked out of my local Safeway at 11:30 pm tonight. (Taken with Instagram at Safeway)
