Word to the wise...

Reflections on accountable communication, by Rodney G. Miller author of publications on using words wisely

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Reach

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Henry Ward Beecher cartoon as Gulliver reaching out to "Lilliputian" crowd. Gulliver und die Partei-Liliputaner....  Cartoon from ...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Dynamic Tension for Pandemic Times*

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COVID-19 Nurse Lieutenant (junior grade) Natasha McClinton, a surgical nurse prepares a patient in USNS Comfort's ICU, for healthcare su...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Why read? Why Write?

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Two boys in Laos laugh over the book "What Can You Do with an Extra Dinosaur?" which one of them received as his first book by Blu...
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Sunday, May 2, 2021

Style

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Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water by Christopher Michel (1967-) is licensed under  CCA 2.0 Generic. https://commons.wikimedia.o...
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Who knew?!

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Migrants disembarking from ship, ca. 1885  photo credit: State Library of Queensland, Wikimedia Commons Public Domain  If you're interes...
Thursday, April 1, 2021

When Fools Rule

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Make Way for Ducklings Prank, Boston Common Sign warns: No photography, to avoid erosion of sculptures from the light emitted by cameraphone...
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Monday, March 22, 2021

Civil Civics

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Old Glory by US Air Force. This image is in the Public Domain {{PD-US-Gov-Military}} https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Glory_(1510...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The Next Thing?

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 "I wandered lonely as a cloud" Daffodil flowers by ForestWander is licensed under CCA-SA-3.0 United States https://commons.wikime...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

What to Do

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Jacques Ellul  by Jan van Boeckel, ReRun Productions (cropped),  Wikimedia CCA-BY-SA-4.0 International https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

What We Say

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Audrey Hepburn for  My Fair Lady by movie studio, publicity photo . This image is in the  Public Domain  {{PD-US-no notice}} Way back when,...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

What the Inaugural Address Means

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"We Hold These Truths" at Jefferson Memorial  by Billy Hathorn. This image is licensed under  CCA-BY-3.o Unported. https://commons...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Beyond Reason

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Depressione by Aurora Mazzoldi w:it.Aurora_Mazzoldi is licensed under CCA-SA-3.0 Unported https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Depression...
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Sunday, December 27, 2020

From Now On

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Sydney Fireworks, New Year  by Rob Chandler is licensed under CCA-BY-2.0 Generic https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OperaSydney-Fuegos2...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Trouble with Theory

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Supreme Court, Washington DC By David Dugan. This image is licensed under CCA-SA-3.0 Unported. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15-23...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Beyond Heavens

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Orion Belt by Davide De Martin, Digitized Sky Survey, ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator.  This image is in the Public Domain {{PD-USGov-NASA}} htt...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Catnip Curse

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Black and white cat by Rosendahl, This image is in the Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_and_white_cat.jpg Germai...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Thinking for a Future

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US propaganda poster in 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg, Library of Congress.   This image is in the Public Domain {{PD-US-expired}} https://...
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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Go High

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Isocrates (436-338 BC) "Rhetoric as that endowment of our human nature  which raises us... to live the civilized life." by Student...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Rip Van Who?

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Rip Van Winkle by John Quidor (1801-1881), Art Institute of Chicago.   This image is in the Public Domain {{PD-US-expired}} https://en.wikip...
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Rodney G. Miller’s critically acclaimed writing includes his book on persuasive language styles–named Reviewer’s Choice at Midwest Book Review by senior reviewer Diane Donovan. An Editorial Board Member of the journal "Media and Language" at Sofia University, he is published by the State University of New York Press and The Royal Society of Queensland. Current research at The Communication Institute in language and emotive processes to develop new understandings of communication. Prior to leading the advancement of innovative education for universities in the United States and internationally, he taught communication at Queensland University of Technology, founding and for over a decade editing "Australian Journal of Communication."
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