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OPINION

Obama, Don't Squander
This Moment

There is a time and a place for lofty rhetoric, and it's here and now

Aug 27, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The right convention speech at the right moment can transcend politics, and Barack Obama may miss his moment with his plans to give a "workmanlike" speech tomorrow, writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post. The candidate should focus on big themes like faith and equality, and return to his... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • Democratic nomination • speech

ANALYSIS

Michelle Speech Brings Obamas Back to Earth

Portrayal of an ordinary American family balances hubby's lofty rhetoric

Aug 26, 08 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama's rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention kept things down to earth where her husband has the tendency to soar skyward, Roger Simon writes in Politico. She introduced herself as a sister, wife and mother, underscoring the campaign's effort to show the Obamas as an ordinary American family.... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • speech • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama

 Michelle 
 Extols
 Barack's
 Values

In convention's first major speech, Mrs Obama seeks to reassure America

Aug 25, 08 10:27 PM CDT
(AP) - Michelle Obama declared "I love this country" Monday as she sought to reassure America that she and husband Barack share their bedrock values, the AP reports. In the first major address at the Democratic National Convention, Obama described herself as a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a mother,... More »

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Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • speech

Obama Rips McCain
on 'Disaster' Economics

Derides GOP economic policy, slams Mac's 'maverick' claims

Aug 18, 08 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama yesterday blasted John McCain’s attacks on his economic policies by slamming the GOP record as a "disaster," reports the Reno Gazette-Journal. McCain “claimed my economic plan would lead to economic disaster,” Obama said. “I’ve got news for John McCain. My plan... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • speech • Reno • campaign stops

Rangel Denied Chance to Speak in Denver

Clinton ally sees it as snub

Aug 14, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Rangel won’t be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Politico reports. Representatives made a pitch for an address by the House Ways and Means Chairman, but the Obama campaign told them that Rangel’s early support for Hillary Clinton had given him low priority—even though the congressman... More »

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Barack Obama • taxes • Democratic National Convention • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • campaign • speech • Hillary Clinton supporters • DNC

Opinion

Obama's 'One World' Vision Too 'Radical': Bolton

Ex-ambassador takes exceptions to Democrat's globalism

Jul 26, 08 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Berlin speech seemed short on content, but actually revealed the senator’s radical globalist thinking, ex-UN ambassador John Bolton writes in the Los Angeles Times. Obama called himself a “citizen of the world,” and said the Berlin Wall fell because “the world stood... More »

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Barack Obama • globalization • Berlin • alliance • speech

Opinion

Obama's Empty Rhetoric Starting to Wear Thin

Optimism needs substance, Brooks says

Jul 25, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Say this for Barack Obama: He’s optimistic. Yesterday in Berlin he promised to “remake the world,” envisioned a “new dawn in the Middle East” and mentioned walls tumbling down no fewer than 11 times. It was trademark Obama rhetoric, writes David Brooks of the New ... More »

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Barack Obama • Berlin • speech

 Obama, in Berlin: There Are
 More Walls to Tear Down 

Estimated 100K see Dem give long-awaited speech to Europe

Jul 24, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama told an estimated 100,000 in Berlin today that “America has no better partner than Europe.” Touching on climate change, nuclear non-proliferation, genocide, and human rights, the Democrat referenced Ronald Reagan’s famous plea to the Soviet Union—saying there are new “walls we must... More »

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Barack Obama • Germany • Berlin • speech

Roots of Speech Found in Humming Fish

All vocalizing creatures share common brain circuit, researchers find

Jul 18, 08 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The songs of birds, the hums and grunts of toadfish, and the lofty speech of humans all use the same ancient brain circuit, despite an evolutionary split 400 million years ago, reports National Geographic. Researchers have discovered that the base of the hindbrain and upper spinal cord is the starting... More »

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evolution • fish • brain • nature • speech • amphibians • animal

 Obama: Swift End to Iraq War Will Strengthen Security

Candidate makes position crystal clear

Jul 15, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will promise a swift end to the Iraq war in a major speech today, arguing that the ongoing conflict “distracts us from every threat that we face,” according to excerpts obtained by Politico. As president, Obama would take the fight to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • speech • Election 2008 • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy

 McCain Spiffing Up His Act 

He's working to improve stilted speeches, onstage awkwardness

Jul 6, 08 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With his small stature and tendency to stumble over words, John McCain struggles behind a podium, the New York Times notes. “The only time I would put him behind a podium at all” during the campaign “is when he’s announcing a policy position,” said his former... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • style • speech • Election 2008

 Bush Edits Jefferson on Religion

President leaves out phrase condemning 'monkish ignorance'

Jul 5, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thomas Jefferson may be a founding father, but that doesn’t stop President Bush’s speechwriters from editing his words as they see fit, Ed Brayton writes on his blog, Dispatches from the Culture Wars. In a July 4 speech, Bush recited a famous Jefferson quote on “the blessings... More »

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religious right • speech • George W. Bush • Fourth of July • Thomas Jefferson

 Obama Planning Huge
 Convention Rally 

Democratic nominee will give speech before 76,000-seat stadium

Jul 4, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t canceling the last day of the Democratic National Convention, as was rumored earlier this week—he’s turning it into a massive rally at the Denver Bronco’s Invesco Field, sources tell the Los Angles Times. Obama is confident he can fill the 76,000-seat... More »

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Barack Obama • Denver • Democratic National Convention • stadium • Obama 2008 • speech • Invesco Field

Lost Gandhi Recording Resurfaces

Rare speech in English calls for Indian unity and message of 'love'

Jul 1, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A long-lost recording of a Mahatma Gandhi speech has emerged in the collection of an American journalist, the Washington Post reports. In the 1947 speech, one of only two known recordings of the spiritual and political leader speaking in English, Gandhi calls for peace and unity. The day before, he... More »

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India • pacifists • peace • partition • speech • Mahatma Gandhi

 Obama Gets 
 Personal With Voters 

Senator aims to shed pure-rhetoric image

Jun 15, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to shake criticism that he’s nothing more than a talented orator, Barack Obama has spent the week meeting voters face-to-face, the New York Times reports. His massive primary-campaign rallies were energizing, but also “isolating,” said his chief strategist. So instead the presumptive Democratic nominee has hosted... More »

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Barack Obama • voters • speech • rhetoric • campaign tactics

 Pundits Blast
  McCain's
 'Pathetic' Speech 

Also, the lime-green background didn't go over well

Jun 4, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - McCain’s pre-buttal to Obama’s clinching speech last night didn’t go down well on either side of the press corps aisle. A sampling of the negative reactions, via Huffington Post:
  • Obamacan Andrew Sullivan laughs off Mac’s joust at Dem divisions, and says his “opening gambit
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Fox News • speech • presidential election

Opinion

 A Call for a Clinton Speech on Sexism 

Campaign's end invites candor and courage —not counting slights

Jun 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The time is ripe for Hillary Clinton to speak out on gender discrimination openly and honestly, writes Anna Holmes in the New York Times. After she ends her bid for the White House, such a move wouldn’t be called a political stunt, and would afford her the opportunity “... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • gender discrimination • speech

Opinion

 Eloquence
 Can, in Fact,
 Be Presidential 

Those dismissing Obama's speaking skills miss a key point of the role of a president

May 16, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s a bit weird to defend something like eloquence, but that’s just the task to which the primary season has inspired Calvin Trillin, writing in the Los Angeles Times. Rivals and pundits alike dismiss Barack Obama’s eloquence as some kind of liability, whereas Trillin sees in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • speech • rhetoric • Calvin Trillin • Mario Cuomo

 Thriller Joins Top
 US History Trove 

Jackson hit album added to prestigious aural archives

May 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson's Thriller has been added to the prestigious National Recording Registry's archive of the most important recordings in American history, Variety reports. The monster 1982 hit joins 24 other "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" new additions to the collection, including a 1925 recording of the first-ever broadcast to... More »

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archive • record • Library of Congress • broadcasting • Michael Jackson • speech • Thriller • National Recording Registry

Baby Birds' Babbling Suggests Intricate Brain

How our feathered friends learn, play back song may hold answers for human speech

May 5, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Being bird-brained might not be much of an insult: New MIT research paints a more intricate portrait of how songbirds learn to sing, with one part of the brain used for learning and another for singing itself. Rather than maturing from babbling to birdsong, the independent but overlapping pathways work... More »

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science • birds • brain • neuroscience • language • science experiment • speech

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