Speeches and Statements

April 29, 2023

Correspondents’ Dinner Promises Jokes and Celebrities. (Also, the President.)

President Biden, who gets out of town most weekends, will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday evening. WASHINGTON — The White House Correspondents’ […]
December 22, 2022

The Olive Green Sweatshirt Goes to Congress

Volodymyr Zelensky came to Washington wearing his reality on his sleeves. He never donned the political camouflage of a suit. The olive green sweatshirt, with its […]
November 29, 2021

The Meaning of Gosar's AOC Anime Video

Dissecting the visual aspects of the violent video circulated by Representative Paul Gosar. In October, a video depicting the murder of a United States congresswoman made […]
August 28, 2020

About Melania Trump's Lime Green Dress and Ivanka Trump in Black

It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. A panoply of Trumps, arrayed on a makeshift stage created on the South Lawn of the White […]
August 28, 2020

The 2020 Party Conventions Gave New Meaning to Political Theater

The largely virtual format of the Republican and Democratic national conventions meant that even more than usual, the messages were embedded within the visual presentation. Here […]
August 28, 2020

About Melania Trump's Lime Green Dress and Ivanka Trump in Black

It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. A panoply of Trumps, arrayed on a makeshift stage created on the South Lawn of the White […]
August 26, 2020

Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One?

On the second night of the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump came dressed for battle. She strode alone down the white-pillared colonnade of the White House […]
September 8, 2017

Future Tense: What We Talk About When We Talk About and Exactly Like Trump

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE Tremendous. Yuge. Sad. Beautiful. Disaster. Horrible. Disgusting. Failing media. Fake news. Believe me. Frankly. Blood coming out of her wherever. I […]
July 21, 2016

You Can Take Jon Favreau Out of Washington …

LOS ANGELES — Stretched out on his living-room couch here, Jon Favreau watched Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday night with little […]
June 7, 2016

It’s a Wedding Toast. What Could Go Wrong?

By BROOKE LEA FOSTER June 7, 2016 Click here for tips on how to avoid a wedding toast disaster. Eric Winikoff was pacing in a park near the White […]