Israel Independence Day – I was honored to have been invited to the official celebration of the 61st anniversary of the State of Israel last Wednesday in Washington.
Tag: speech
Anything But Straight: Love & Hate Compete for an Audience
It is an odd time to be gay in America. Whether you are celebrated or despised depends on where you stand at any given moment.
Nicholas F. Benton: President Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Some people are clearly far more able to “be in the moment” than I often am, even as much as I try to, and even remind others to be.
Nicholas F. Benton: Such the Kennedy Moment
Eclipsing even the most memorable performances at the Beijing Olympics, the record-smashing achievements of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt and the breathtaking opening and closing ceremonies, was the grand and triumphant appearance of Sen. Teddy Kennedy at Monday’s opening night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Editorial: The Election Bull’s Eye
Falls Church and its environs sit square in the middle of the battleground where the ultimate outcome of the November U.S. presidential election will be fought with virtual hand-to-hand combat.
Nicholas F. Benton: The Wheels Are Coming Off
U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has a certain blunt style of speech, both in carefully-chosen words and a Soprano-like delivery, as exemplified by his speech at Chatham House in London yesterday.
Our Man in Arlington
The race for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator John Warner got off to a strong start this week. Mark Warner barnstormed the state on Monday and Tuesday to make official what most have known for months – he is running!
David Brooks: A Speech About Nothing
We’re in the middle of a series of a historic economic transformations.
Nicholas F. Benton: Obama
The three distinct phases of Barack Obama’s reaction to the wildly-disseminated YouTube snippets of sermons by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, took him from the depths to the heights over the last two weeks.
Nicholas F. Benton: Obama Corrects His Reaction to Wright
At first blush, Sen. Barack Obama’s speech delivered Tuesday, in response to the growing controversy of his relationship to his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, seemed eloquent, moving and even epochal.
