by Rob Cottingham | May 17, 2005 | Speechwriting, Technology
Unless, of course, there’s a hidden market of speech geeks like moi. Jason Kottke offers 50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod, including this one: American Rhetoric has made available audio versions of many famous political speeches, including MLK’s “I... by Rob Cottingham | May 11, 2005 | Politics, Speechwriting
Dammit, they’ve found out: this is exactly how we write political speeches. by Rob Cottingham | Apr 30, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics, Speechwriting
…we’re just catching the last ten minutes. Is it the worst ending to the worst political movie ever made, or is there an even more appalling candidate? by Rob Cottingham | Mar 3, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Speechwriting
Is it too jingoistic to award it to Chris Lambeth? I am here tonight because of the grace and humility of one guy watching from Montreal. Ryan Larkin, I dedicate this award to you. And I’m sharing this award with Steve Hoban for Copper Heart Entertainment.... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 10, 2004 | Speechwriting
Just got a message from a public relations student asking me for advice on a speechwriting career. I resisted the competition-stifling urge to invent some dire reason why she should go into some other field (“You’re very brave, given all that media... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 2, 2004 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Speechwriting
Just watching The Last Samurai on DVD. One of the samurai warriors who have captured Tom Cruise’s character has just barked “Insolent swine!” at him.The writer must be especially adept at stifling his gag reflex to have penned a line like that. (So...