Author Archives: Luke Ford

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).

Dennis Prager Can Now Mouth Words

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Luke Ford

In a video released Dec. 2, Julie Hartman says she spent eight hours in the hospital with Dennis. “So many of you are asking for information… All we want is information. This is going to be weeks, months for him … Continue reading →

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How Bodies Read and Write: Dostoevsky’s Demons and Coetzee’s Master of Petersburg

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Luke Ford

Michael Kochin wrote a chapter in the 2013 book, Dostoevsky’s Political Thought: The writer must give up his soul in order to write. He must give up his soul to become the body writing. To write Stavrogin, then, the writer … Continue reading →

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From Argument To Assertion

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Luke Ford

Michael S. Kochin writes in Argumentation 23, No. 3 (August 2009).: There are, however, two fundamental rhetorical difficulties with laying out one’s premises, reasoning, and conclusions. Since arguments are anticlimactic if they are explicit, the speaker who is excessively explicit … Continue reading →

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Trust & Evidence on the Internet

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Luke Ford

Michael S. Kochin published this essay in Rhêtorikê: Revista Digital de Retórica 0 (March 2008): First, newspapers and television don’t have footnotes. Even newspaper science reporting and editorials, both of which almost always rely on other reporting, do not use … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump – The President Of Vice (12-4-24)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Vice is bad, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/donald-trump-vice-voters.html03:00 Commentary mag: There Are Nations in Crisis—Just Not Ours, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSB6OeDxow08:20 Among Transition hiccups, Trump survives stuff that no political mortal could survive, says Mark Halperin, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/among-transition-hiccups-trump-survives-stuff-that/id1573813504?i=100067924014212:00 Humor & Morality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15804219:00 Variations in Moral Concerns across … Continue reading →

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