Tag: Speech

Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. Since he purchased the platform back in April, he’s crowned himself the defender of free speech. For Musk, the purchase is a $44 billion crusade to rescue free speech itself from left-wing forces who want to want to silence opinions they don’t agree ...

Pretty free speech A little over a year ago, on August 12th, 2022, writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed on his way to give a lecture in New York. While the motives of the wannabe killer are not officially known, it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to think that this had something to d...

Decades of awkwardness compelled me to learn and understand what connects us to one another and what pushes us apart. People make judgements extremely quickly about the kind of person we are. This means there are subtle changes we all can make that impact how others see us. Let’s go: ...

Ever since Special Counsel Jack Smith brought forth the recent indictments against Donald Trump, the eyes of the nation have been glued to their favorite news sources. Our former president may actually be about to face justice for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. We’ve...

Pretty free speech A little over a year ago, on August 12th, 2022, writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed on his way to give a lecture in New York. While the motives of the wannabe killer are not officially known, it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to think that this had something to d...

The last 4 wild years have been filled with miracles and obstacles as well as some unforgettable history-defining moments: a global pandemic, the George Floyd protests, the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the passing of the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Russia invading Ukraine, and t...

Barbarians depicts the battle of Teutoburg forest between the Romans and the Germanic people in the year 9CE. I was deeply inspired by the conflicted central character Arminius and his speech to his Roman father Varus. His speech is a reflection of his final thought about his identity as a roman-a f...

Ofall the religions of the world — there is one religion that sanctified the role of the intellect. There is so much in our Islamic tradition that honors and elevates the role of the intellect in human affairs. The true nature of piety is not ignorance or obliviousness, but a Fully eng...

I had the great pleasure of attending many weddings of my friends and family in the past year and a few of them had bestowed a great honor upon me by allowing me to speak at their wedding. I have been asked by many folks to share the wedding speech I gave at a friend’s Walima and I have tri...

Took me a bit of sleep but my brain figured it out. Why are they allowed to keep posting on my content, but I can’t reply to message after message of right-wing lunacy? Oh, and for the record, when I did try to curb stomp five posts by one guy at once — he told me to play my guitar in th...

In the last few years, the parameters of free speech in the UK have again been questioned. Since the 90s it first appeared that qualifications to the right had become few. Blasphemy laws had been repealed, comedy had become far more licentious and pornography abundant. The internet had made it ...

Introduction: In the bustling city of Hyderabad, where every echo and whisper contributes to the vibrant tapestry of life, ensuring optimal hearing health is paramount. Among the key players dedicated to this cause, JK Speech and Hearing Center stands out as a harmonious symphony orches...

Resistance is not a dirty word, but if you try to teach students about Black Americans' efforts in resisting slavery, they may try to wash your mouth with soap. And that's because Florida's Department of Education has deemed these topics taboo. For instance, censors struck an African Ame...

NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, Kyiv Security Forum Mr Yatsenyuk, dear Arseniy, Your Excellencies, Dear Ukrainian friends and colleagues, After these inspiring words from the NATO Secretary General, it is my distinct honour to address you here in Kyiv. I am grateful for the op...

As a child, his mother died, as his father had a mysterious paralysis. Charles supported his family since he was age 14. He worked his way up from a store clerk to an accountant. Then a partnership in a railcar manufacturing company made him a fortune. At age 45, he retired. Why? It was unclear. ...

I want to thank the more than 140 members of the House. Those are warriors. They're over there working like you've never seen before. Studying, talking, actually going all the way back, studying the roots of the Constitution, because they know we have the right to send a bad vote that was il...

Speech act theory is a branch of pragmatics that examines the meaning of utterances in terms of their performative force. Austin established speech act theory, which clarified that when we talk, we either perform an action or just state something. Language, according to the speech act theory, is ...

Topics for speeches play an important role in this process by providing a way to focus our attention on the things that are most important to us. A speech is an important tool in preserving and celebrating culture. By sharing stories, traditions, and values, speeches help to keep culture alive and p...

I spent much of the summer of 2020 on my mother’s back porch, in a portable camping chair (a special one that glides like a rocking chair — my personal favorite), six feet away from my closest friends, pipe in my hand, green kush turning to black ash over the course of our long deep conv...