Just finished William Jennings Bryant’s “Cross of Gold” speech, which is very good. I’m working from the American Rhetoric site, largely. And in keeping with one of my other goals, I’m trying to ignore the “Top 100” list there. We’ll see how well that works.

Next up is to listen to some of Malcolm X’s speeches on there. I listened to “Message to the Grassroots” a while back, and found it really intriguing. Would like to hear some more.

My wife and I are thinking that if we do end up homeschooling the kids, this might be one way we approach the teaching of history. There’s a lot bound up in a great speech.