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Speeches

  • Annotated SOTU Coming (but Not Right This Second)

    "The State of the Union is ... "

    • James Fallows
    • Feb 13, 2013
  • The Two Most Powerful Allusions in Obama's Speech Today

    Blood drawn by the lash and drawn by the sword

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 21, 2013
  • Obama's Startling Second Inaugural

    I was expecting a little tone-poem. I was wrong.

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 21, 2013
  • Obama on Inouye: Another Interesting Speech

    One Hawaiian about another

    • James Fallows
    • Dec 21, 2012
  • On Obama's 'Disappointing' DNC Speech

    It may have been better than it sounded.

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 8, 2012
  • Three Quick Points on Obama's Speech

    A speech that does the job

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 7, 2012
  • Clinton: The Corpus Callosum of Politics

    Choose your metaphor for the 42nd president: brain part or radio personality

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 6, 2012
  • Why Bill Clinton's Speeches Succeed

    Because he talks to people as if they are smart

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 6, 2012
  • DNC, Night 1

    A better start than the Democrats might have expected

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 5, 2012
  • World Is Getting Better, GBA Dept.

    The President ends his Prayer Breakfast presentation with a variation on his otherwise standard concluding phrase

    • James Fallows
    • Feb 2, 2012
  • Why Obama Mentioned His Beaten Foe Hillary Clinton in the SOTU: A Theory

    Why did Obama go out of his way to mention old disputes with his Secretary of State? Maybe there was a long-term plan...

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 28, 2012
  • Reader's Guide to the State of the Union Address

    What the president said, and why he said it

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 27, 2012
  • Annotated State of the Union Speech

    Mouse over the underlined passages to view comments.

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 27, 2012
  • Mitt Romney's Swiss-Cheese-Like Foreign Policy 'Strategy'

    America must be strong. I agree!

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 7, 2011
  • On the Tone and Structure of the Obama Jobs Speech

    As policy and politics, who knows whether tonight's speech will succeed. As a speech, it was successful in several ways.

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 8, 2011
  • Great Moments in Speechwriting

    Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask why we're getting so short.

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 25, 2011
  • Worth Watching: Newton Minow, 50 Years Later

    A rare moment in democratic politics: an influential figure gets to reflect on an important speech he gave fifty years ago.

    • James Fallows
    • May 9, 2011
  • On Obama's Debt-and-Deficit Speech

    A speech that was not just a waste of breath

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 13, 2011
  • Visual SOTU Analysis, via 'Infomous'

    Concept maps showing the Palin/Obama and Obama/Obama contrasts

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 28, 2011
  • Why the Tucson Speech Succeeded

    A speech we will remember

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 12, 2011
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