Articles Index

UNGA Pressure: An Insider’s Guide to Diplomacy’s Biggest Week

The Name is Mamdani.

What Abraham Lincoln Understood About the Founders

In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission

Charlie Kirk’s Killing Requires Trump to Soothe, Not Inflame

Before QAnon and the Deep State, There Was Iron Mountain

USUN Director of Speechwriting Rejoins West Wing Writers

John Roberts Is on a Collision Course with Trump

How Political and Corporate Speech Will Change in a Polarized Future

Executive Director, KCG, Joins Women’s Pro Baseball League Advisory Board

The New York Times: Gameplay

The West Wing at 25 — how does it match up to today’s reality?

Morning Edition: Harris and Trump prepare for their first debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia

Casting Visions with the Monroe Motivational Sequence

Producing Chicago: The DNC covered nearly impossible ground to raise up Kamala Harris as the new hero

WWW Associate Published in Essay Collection

The Story Biden Ought to Be Telling in This Debate

Morning Edition: Presidential Debate

Speak with Impact: Strategies for Effective Communication

WWW Director Earns Publishing Deal

Total Eclipse Of The Mind

How speechwriters delve into a president’s mind

How to Nail Your High School Graduation Speech Even If You’re Not that Popular

‘There’s just too much to say’: Meet Mayor Michelle Wu’s chief speechwriter

What Is Something Only Laurence Can Say?

Headed to COP28 or Davos?

7 common public speaking issues — and how to fix them

The Friendly Ghost w/ Felicity Barber

Punchlines With a Point: How to Use Humor to Make Your Message Heard

Is There Fascist DNA in the U.S. Body Politic?

Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. Outspeak.

‘We’ve got one shot to open up this bookstore’: First Light Books opens in Hyde Park

The Tragedy of John Roberts

My Mother, the Stranger

West Wing Writers Is Now an Employee-Owned Business

The Story is the Difference

Former Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot’s Senior Speechwriter returns to West Wing Writers

The Rise and Fall of a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan

What to Say When the World is Ending

Why Speechwriters Take Humor Seriously

A Murder Mystery Is Revisited in the #MeToo Era

White House Aides Keep Trying to Torch the State of the Union Address. Presidents Keep Getting in the Way.

Does the State of the Union Speech Matter Anymore? Here’s What an Expert Says

The State of the Union Shouldn’t Be Self-care for Presidents

The Secret to Wealth Is Giving Up Pointless Expenses (and Other Lessons from My Twenty-Eight-Dollar Book)

Metropolitan Diary: Barney Greengrass

When Freedom Meant the Freedom to Oppress Others

I’m the New York City Marathon, and We Need to Set Some Boundaries

If I Emailed My Parents Like Democrats Email Me

Vice President Harris’ Director of Speechwriting Rejoins West Wing Writers