Back again folks. Sorry about the break. I somehow keep getting distracted. Last week I gave a masterclass in Public Speaking to Gov Know. The results were, if I say so myself, spectacular. Two participants started the day with a pre-prepared short presentation, then finished the proceedings by doing their […]
How was President Obama’s latest Syria speech for you? Here it is. Points to note. He attempts to make the case that by failing to act against the use of CW in Syria now new risks for us will appear down the line: If we fail to act, the Assad […]
My piece at Telegraph Blogs boldly asserts that yesterday was the worst-ever day for Western diplomacy: Think about what will happen if the Russian initiative starts to fly. Chemical weapons are relatively easy to make and store (and fire), but much harder to dismantle safely. The chemicals themselves are fiendishly […]
Here’s my piece at PunditWire in honour of THAT speech. I thought I’d not say much about the speech as it speaks for itself, but instead look at the legal background to it. Notably Plessy v Ferguson, a case with far-reaching bad outcomes decided by the US Supreme Court in […]
Non-US readers may have missed the resignation speech by the energetically groping Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner (Democrat). It’s not often that a speech by someone leaving office in high disgrace features ‘seal poop’. But this one does! Here is the full text: What I would like to leave […]
Two Tweets, one after the other: New Statesman @NewStatesman 2m Of course all men don’t hate women. But all men must know they benefit from sexism, writes @PennyRed https://ow.ly/nYVZg Telegraph News @TelegraphNews 2m Girls escape forced marriage by hiding spoons in their clothes to set off airport metal detectors and […]
Here I am over at the Sunday Post in Scotland talking about the legendary Martin Luther King speech in August 1963: What elements make a great speech? Everything fits like a jigsaw — the words, emotional tone, audience, occasion and message. A great speech is a conversation with the audience, […]
You’ll all be pleased to know that at long last you can sign up to one of my lively and memorable Negotiation Skills masterclasses, thanks to the good offices of Guardian MasterClasses: This is an exclusive opportunity to join Charles Crawford in a small group for an intensive workshop that […]
Instapundit is 12 today. He helped create and define the very idea of ‘blogging’. Which in part is why you are reading this. This sort of unflagging effort takes incredible diligence and generosity. Many of Glenn Reynolds’ posts are little more than a link to something of interest (usually to […]
It’s pretty obvious that the ill-fated Russia re-set button produced before a bemused Sergey Lavrov by an excited Hillary Clinton back in 2009 is now sitting prominently in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s famed Museum of Diplomatic Curiosities, an exhibit put there for young diplomats to show them how not to […]
