Moore acknowledged that he “hasn’t gotten it all right,” a line that disarms criticism rhetorically. But the speech overall does the opposite of deflection: It claims ownership of outcomes.

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Bernadette Spofforth lay in jail on a blue gym mattress in a daze, finding it difficult to move, even breathe. “I just closed down. But the other half of my brain went into Jack Reacher mode,” she ...

Confronting an authoritarian strongman about his war crimes, Mon Mothma’s address to the Galactic Senate sees the future leader of the Rebel Alliance throw down the gauntlet against Emperor Palpatine.

After a brain stem stroke left him almost entirely paralyzed in the 1990s, French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote a book about his experiences—letter by letter, blinking his left eye in response ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday set a new House floor speech record with a “magic minute” address that clocked in at 8 hours and 44 minutes. The marathon speech was the only ...