Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Appearances do not always deceive. We are once again laboring in those fecund if weed-strewn fields where ...

The introduction gives the audience a reason to listen to the remainder of the speech. A good introduction needs to get the audience’s attention, state the topic, make the topic relatable, establish ...

PHILADELPHIA — Thursday night Chelsea Clinton introduced her mom to accept the Democratic nomination for president it’s a role similar to what her friend Ivanka Trump played last week for her father.