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Not So Fast (or a Little Too Late?): Questioning AI, as an Aid to Communication

12.16.2025 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Three years after we all learned about ChatGPT, two since most writers began to accept that it would become a part of our lives and one since many of us started using it in our work, one of my closest advisors from the speechwriting community calls bullshit on a pro-AI whitepaper my organization put out.

“Good writing depends on good thinking,” writes Jim Reische, special advisor for executive communication at Williams College. “And good thinking comes from doing work that the AI advocates claim is unstrategic: unworthy of our talents and limited, precious time.”

I and the Professional Speechwriters Association’s resident AI guru Brent Kerrigan join the fray—today, at ProRhetoric.com.

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Keep Your Eyes on … the ReliaQuest Bowl

12.15.2025 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Hey, sports fans:

On Saturday, Vanderbilt University quarterback Diego Pavia finished a distant second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

“F-ALL THE VOTERS,” Pavia wrote on his Instagram story.

On Sunday, Pavia apologized on X. “To be so close to my dream and come up short was painful,” Pavia wrote. “I didn’t handle those emotions well at all and did not represent myself the way I wanted to. I have much love and respect for the Heisman voters and the selection process, and I apologize for being disrespectful. It was a mistake, and I am sorry.”

He added, “I’ve been doubted my whole life. Every step of my journey I’ve had to break down doors and fight for myself, because I’ve learned that nothing would be handed to me. … I look forward to competing in front of my family and with my team one more time in the ReliaQuest Bowl.”

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Friday Happy Hour Video: Raising Athletes Is a Contact Sport

12.12.2025 by David Murray // 2 Comments

Next week I’m in studio at Tyson Ellert Productions, recording the Audible version of Soccer Dad. Like the print version, it’s out in April but available for pre-order now.

For anyone who needs the information sooner, here’s a one-minute guide for raising an athlete right. (A video Scout made for me a few years ago for Father’s Day.)

(EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS, VISIT WRITING-BOOTS.COM TO VIEW VIDEO.)

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