Thoughts about the importance of exercising freedom of speech and the responsibility that goes with it. It includes tips for making great public speeches. This is part of the Declaration of Independence performance project: www.yourdeclarationofindependence.blogspot.com. Check it out.
Interview commemorating Martin Luther King's birthday, January 19, 2004. Thomas D. Zweifel, author of "Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening" (SelectBooks 2003) analyzes King's "I Have a Dream" speech and his capacity to listen to the listening of his audience while speaking. This capacity makes for truly transcendent communication and leadership.