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Dr. Richard E. Vatz (revised June, 2009)

Professor of Rhetoric and Communication @ Towson University

Academic Background

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Rhetoric and Communication, 1976 M.A.
University of Pittsburgh, Rhetoric and Communication, 1970 B.A.
University of Pittsburgh, Sociology, 1969 (MAGNA CUM LAUDE)

Teaching Experience

Full Professor, Towson State University 1989- Present
Associate Professor, Towson State University 1982-1989
Assistant Professor, Towson State University 1974-1982
Instructor, North Carolina State University 1973-1974
Instructor, Penn State (McKeesport Campus) 1969-1973

Highlights

Honors and Awards (selected)

Towson Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year, 2009
President's Award for Distinguished Service, 2004, Towson University's highest honor
“Governor’s Citation” for Achievements in Higher Education and Service to
Towson University, 2004
Winner, Teaching Fellow Award, Eastern Communication Association, 2004; Permanently on Teaching Fellow Committee
Keynote Speaker and award-winner at first "Towson's Elite" Night, 2004
Faculty Volunteer Service Award, 2003
"Teacher of the Year,” 2002, Towson University, awarded by the Student Government Association
The Thomas Szasz Civil Liberties Award January, 1994
Appointed by the NCA Executive Committee to be a member of the NCA Rapid Response Team
Sponsored national winner in Wadsworth Publishing Co. oratory contest, 1987
University Merit Award 1984, 1988, 1990 (awarded to 30 faculty each year 1983-1990)
Won 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 – Outstanding Teaching Grants (awarded to ten of approximately 500 full-time faculty each year 1976-1980); most of such awards on faculty
Appointed to Faculty of Honors College, Towson State University, 1982

Teaching

“Teacher of the Year,” Towson University, awarded by the Student Government Association, 2002
4 Outstanding Teaching Grants from Student Government Association (most awarded to one professor - awarded to ten of approximately 500 full-time faculty each year 1976-1980)
Won Teaching Fellow for Eastern Communication Association, 2003-2004

Service

Longest Serving Member, University Senate, 1979-present
Political Commentary 2004-2005: Local: WBFF, WJZ, WBAL-Radio, WTOP-Radio
National: CBS Radio, Fox News
Regular biweekly guest on WBAL’s “The Ron Smith Show,” beginning August 3, 2005
Appointed to Towson presidential search sub-committee, search committees for dean of College of Fine Arts and Communication and Provostial search committee for university, 2003-2004
Elected to Legislative Council for 2nd Term, National Communication Association (NCA) 2002-2005
Windham Fellow Lecture Series in Liberal Arts, "Rhetoric and Impeachment," Middle Tennessee State University, March 4, 1999
Governor Bob Ehrlich's addresses to my "Persuasion" class at Towson twice a year 1993-present
Baltimore Magazine panel member, choosing "Baltimore's Best Ever," 2003
Moderated debates for U.S. House of Representatives election: 2004; Dutch Ruppersberger and Helen Bentley for their House race, September 24, 2002 and moderated a debate between state senate candidates Jim Brochin and Martha Klima, 2002
Featured speaker honoring Dr. Thomas Szasz on his 80th birthday; symposium was titled “Liberty and/or Psychiatry: 40 Years After 'The Myth of Mental Illness,'" April 15, 2000
Highlight Article: Vatz's Election Commentary, Towson Times, October 23, 2002
Subject of article in The Washington Post, May 6, 2004 on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich’s lectureships to my Persuasion class, 1993-2004

Publication

Panel presented on my work at NCA convention, "Richard E. Vatz on Rhetoric and Psychiatry," 1999
Named as a major rhetorical theorist in an essay on "The Rhetorical Situation" in Twentieth-Century Roots of Rhetorical Studies and in essay on "Rhetorical Theory as Message Reception" in Spring, 2003 Communication Studies
Appointed Lifetime Member of Board of Trustees, USA Today Magazine
Chosen by NCA Vice President to participate in a debate on President Bush’s policies on Iraq for NCA national convention, 2002
Ad Watch Critic, WBAL Radio, September-November 2002: Printed Analysis of Campaign Ads in 2002 Campaigns

About

Short bio feature, “No Rhetoric Here,” The Baltimore Jewish Times,” January 9, 2004 p. 8

Books

Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg (eds.), Thomas Szasz: Primary Values and Major Contentions (Buffalo: Prometheus Press, 1983)

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Richard E. Vatz, "The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation," PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC (Summer, 1973)
Richard E. Vatz, "Rhetoric and Meaning in Grading" FLORIDA STATE COMMUNICATION JOURNAL (Summer, 1974)
Richard E. Vatz and Theodore O. Windt, "The Defeats of Judges Haynsworth and Carswell: Rejection of Supreme Court Nominees," QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (December, 1974)
Richard E. Vatz and Ron Rabin, "Dan Rather at George Washington University Law Commencement: Stroking and Nothingness," EXETASIS (June, 1975)
Richard E. Vatz and Ron Rabin, "The Critic as Rhetor," EXETASIS (1975)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz "Szasz and the Law: An Alternative View," JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW, (Winter, 1976)
Richard E. Vatz et al.," The Vice-Presidential Debate and the Theories of Paul Rosenthal," EXETASIS, (November 2, 1976)
Richard E. Vatz, "Public Opinion and Presidential Ethos," WESTERN SPEECH COMMUNICATION (Summer, 1976)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "A Szaszian View of Death," JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY (Spring, 1977): Reprinted in THETA: A JOURNAL OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "Law, Language and Forensic Psychiatry," DUQUESNE LAW REVIEW (Summer, 1978)
Richard E. Vatz, "Rhetoric and the Law," in Lee S. Weinberg and Judith W. Weinberg, SOCIETY AND THE LAW: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INTRODUCTION, (University Press of America, 1980)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Taking Law on Faith," AMERICAN LEGAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION FORUM (Spring, 1980)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "The Mental Illness Debate: The Critical Faith Assumptions," THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW (Fall, 1981)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "The Insanity Defense: Szaszian Ethics and Epistemology," METAMEDICINE (October, 1982)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "From the Therapeutic State to the Lucifer State," essay on rhetoric in Trevor Melia and Nova Ryder, LUCIFER STATE (Kendall-Hunt: 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Insanity Plea Proposals: Confusing, Contradictory, and Self-serving," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (September, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Psychiatric Will," JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW (Fall, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "A Pulitzer Prize for Cheerleading," ST. LOUIS JOURNALISM REVIEW (October, 1985)
Richard E. Vatz, Lee S. Weinberg, and Thomas Szasz, "Psychiatry and Media: An Unhealthy Marriage," (adapted from WASHINGTON POST article on television and psychiatry) USA TODAY MAGAZINE (May: 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg "Politics and Psychiatry," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (July, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Theodore Otto Windt, "The Haynsworth and Carswell Nominations: Rejection of Supreme Court Nominees," (reprinted from QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH) in Theodore Otto Wind, ESSAYS IN PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC, Kendall-Hunt, 1987
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Is Compulsive Gambling Really a Disease?," POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE (October, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Critic as Rhetor: Psychiatry and Fantasy Theme Analysis," Critique, JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION (Autumn: 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Hyperactive Myth and Drugs in the Classroom," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (September, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Media and Polling: Measuring and Creating the Salience of George Bush as 'Wimp'," MASS COMM REVIEW 1987 ( May, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Alcoholism and the 'Disease' Metaphor," USA TODAY MAGAZINE ( September, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Arrogance of Predicting Dangerousness," USA TODAY MAGAZINE ( November, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Case of Marion Barry: Political Persuasion and Self-Doubt," USA TODAY MAGAZINE ( September 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Conceptual Bind in Defining the Volitional Component of Alcoholism: Consequences for Public Policy and Scientific Research," JOURNAL OF MIND AND BEHAVIOR (Summer/Winter 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Rhetoric, Biology and Power Seekers, "POLITICS AND THE LIFE SCIENCES (August, 1991)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Psychiatric Excuses for Criminal Behavior: The Public is Losing Patience," USA TODAY MAGAZINE ( March, 1992)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Ethics of Negative Political Advertising," in Peter Madsen and Jay Safritz, ESSENTIALS OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS (Penguin Books: 1992)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Is Mental Illness a Myth?" [Analysis of status and future of psychiatric orthodoxy], USA TODAY MAGAZINE ( July, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Refuting the Myths of Compulsive Gambling," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (November, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz, "Con" side in published debate on "Should Health Care Reform Include Parity for Behavioral Health Benefits?" OPEN MINDS (February: 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "A Windfall for the 'Worried Well,'" GOVERNING (May: 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg,
"TV on the Couch" (television's coverage of psychiatry), FORBES MEDIA CRITIC (Summer: 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Rhetorical Paradigm in Psychiatric History: Thomas Szasz and the Myth of Mental Illness," in Roy Porter and Mark Micale, DISCOVERING THE HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY Oxford University Press (1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Psychobabble Revisited," FORBES MEDIA CRITIC (WINTER:1995)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Hyperactivity?" MOTHERING (Spring: 1995)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Overreacting to Attention Deficit Disorder," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (Winter: 1995)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Rhetoric and Psychiatry," in Theresa Enos, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION (1996)
Richard E. Vatz, "Should We Destigmatize Mental Illness?," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (May, 1996)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Better Late Than Never," (analysis of media coverage of Attention-deficit Disorder," FORBES MEDIACRITIC (Summer, 1996)
Richard E. Vatz, "The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation," anthologized in William A. Covino and David A. Joliffe, RHETORIC: Concepts, Definitions, Boundaries, Allyn and Bacon, 1995
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Is Mental Illness a Myth?," anthologized in Joseph J. Palladino, ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 96-97, Brown and Benchmark, 1996
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "PARITY: The New Buzzword in Mental Health," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (May, 1997)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "How Accurate Are Media Depictions of ADD?," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (July: 1997)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Critiques of Szaszian Criticism of Psychiatry: Nonengagement and Irrelevant Theses," REVIEW OF EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 1997-1998.
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Insanity Defense: The Unconscionable Impact on Victims of Violence," USA TODAY MAGAZINE , May, 1998.
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Unabomber’s Twisted Saga," USA TODAY MAGAZINE, (July: 1998) 56-58.
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Heavy Gambling is not a Disease," in Rod L. Evans and Mark Hance (eds.), LEGALIZED GAMBLING: FOR AND AGAINST , Open Court Publishing Company,1998
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Television's Assault on Civility," USA TODAY MAGAZINE (September: 1998)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Rhetorical Dimensions of Decriminalization," in Jefferson Fish, HOW TO LEGALIZE DRUGS, 1998
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Should Mental Illness fall Under the Americans with Disabilities Act?" USA TODAY MAGAZINE, January, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, "The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation," anthologized in John Lucaites, CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORY: A Reader (1999)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, " Dr. Kevorkian on the Air: CBS and ‘60 Minutes’ Drop the Ball," USA TODAY MAGAZINE, May, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, "Tipper Gore and the Overreaching of Mental Health Coverage, USA TODAY MAGAZINE, March, 2000.
Richard E. Vatz, Reprint of “The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation,” RHETORICA SCANDINAVICA, September 2000
Richard E. Vatz, "The Surgeon General's Unkindest Cut," USA TODAY MAGAZINE, November, 2000
Richard E. Vatz, "The Rhetoric of ADHD" Disease, USA TODAY MAGAZINE (March, 2001)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Sexual Predator Statutes and Psychiatric Confusion,” USA TODAY MAGAZINE, July, 2001
"Psychological Help for the Terrorized," USA Today Magazine, Nov. 2001
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Murderous Mothers,” USA TODAY MAGAZINE, 2002
Richard E Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Gambling, Psychology and State Politics," USA TODAY MAGAZINE, May , 2003
Richard E. Vatz, "Lately on Media Bias," QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPORTS IN COMMUNICATION (Fall, 2003)
Richard E. Vatz, "Getting Away with Murder: Vincent Gigante and Exculpatory Psychiatry," USA TODAY MAGAZINE, March, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, "Psychological Help for the Terrorized," ANNUAL EDITIONS, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, March 2004
Richard E. Vatz, The Unabomber’s Twisted Saga, ANNUAL EDITIONS Violence and Terrorism March, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, "The Latest on John Hinckley," USA TODAY MAGAZINE, (September, 2004)
Richard E. Vatz, "Is a Mental Illness Rapprochement Possible?" USA TODAY MAGAZINE (November, 2004)
Richard E. Vatz, “Will Justice Be Served on Andrea Yates?” USA TODAY MAGAZINE (March, 2005)
Richard E. Vatz, "Therapy Overload on Campus" USA Today Magazine, November, 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “The Article Rewrite Assignment, The Successful Professor, November 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “The Quandary over Mental Illness,” ANNUAL EDITIONS: Psychology 06/07
Richard E. Vatz, “Of What Value are Public Opinion Polls,” USA Today Magazine, May, 2006
Richard E. Vatz., "Rhetoric and Psychiatry: A Szaszian Perspective on a Political Case Study," Current Psychology Vol 25, #3 Fall 2006 pp. 173-181
Richard E. Vatz, "The Devil Made Them Do It," USA Today Magazine, March, 2007
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "What We Can and Cannot Learn From the Virginia Tech Tragedy," USA Today Magazine, July, 2007
Richard E. Vatz, Annual Editions Psychology 07/08 “The Quandary Over Mental Illness”
Richard E. Vatz and Jeffrey A. Schaler, “Psychiatry’s Valid but Dishonest Reconsiderations” – , USA Today Magazine, March, 2008 58-60
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, The Obama vs. Clinton Security Sweepstakes," USA Today Magazine, May, 2008
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Arguably the Best in the History of the Game" [on Roberto Clemente]," USA Today Magazine, July, 2008
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Unacceptable Campaigning: the "FIT Test," USA Today Magazine, (in press)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Candidates need to be ‘FIT’,” USA Today Magazine, September, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, “Accommodating the Killer,” USA Today Magazine, September, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, "NCA's de facto Ideological Discrimination," Spectra January 2009
Richard E. Vatz and Jeffrey A. Schaler, “Through a Back Door Darkly: New Mental Health Insurance Requirements,” USA Today Magazine, January, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, “The Mythical Status of Situational Rhetoric: Implications for Rhetorical Critics’ Relevance in the Public Arena,” The Review of Communication Vol. 9, No. 1, January 2009, pp. 1-5
Richard E. Vatz, “The (Liberal) Beat Goes On (on media bias and Howard Kurtz’s “Reliable Sources”), USA Today Magazine, May, 2009

Review Essays and Reviews

Richard E. Vatz, Review, Marvin Karlins and Herbert B. Abelson, PERSUASION, in THE SPEECH TEACHER (September, 1972)
Richard E. Vatz, Review, Murray Edelman, POLITICS AS SYMBOLIC ACTION, in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (February, 1974)
Richard E. Vatz, Review, F.M. Kail, WHAT WASHINGTON SAID in TODAY'S SPEECH (Spring: 1974)
Richard E. Vatz and Trevor Melia, Bibliographic Book Review of Works of Thomas Szasz: HERESIES, IDEOLOGY AND INSANITY, THE SECOND SIN, THE MANUFACTURE OF MADNESS, THE MYTH OF MENTAL ILLNESS and CEREMONIAL CHEMISTRY in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (February, 1977)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, Review Essay, on Thomas Szasz MYTH OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, "Psychotherapy and the Three R's: Rhetoric, Religion and Repression," in AMERICAN LEGAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION FORUM (May, 1978)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Book Review Essay (on Works of Thomas Szasz), in COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY (Spring, 1979)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review, Thomas Szasz, THEOLOGY AND MEDICINE, in PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC (Winter, 1981)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of Thomas Szasz, SEX BY PRESCRIPTION, in The QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (February, 1982)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz. Review of Raoul Berger, DEATH PENALTIES, in AMERICAN LEGAL STUDIES REVIEW (1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review, E. Fuller Torrey, SCHIZOPHRENIA, in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (May: 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review, Ellen Plasil, THERAPIST, in PSYCHOTHERAPY (Fall: 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of THE MEDIA ELITE, in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (November: 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Trivializing Anti-Psychiatry," Review-essay, Garth Wood, THE MYTH OF NEUROSIS in CRITICAL REVIEW (Fall: 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of Peter Stoler, THE WAR AGAINST THE PRESS, in SOUTHERN SPEECH COMMUNICATION (Winter : 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of Robert Denton and Dan Hahn, PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION, in PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES QUARTERLY (Winter: 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Metaphor and Law," a Review of Milner Ball's LYING DOWN TOGETHER: LAW, METAPHOR AND THEOLOGY, in LAW AND SOCIETY REVIEW (volume 21, #5: 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of William Rusher, THE COMING BATTLE FOR THE MEDIA, in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (November, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz, Review of Richard Berendzen (with Laura Palmer), COME HERE: A MAN OVERCOMES THE TRAGIC AFTERMATH OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE, in PSYCHOTHERAPY (Spring:1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg "Dershowitz's Muddled Arguments Make Sorry Case for Book, "THE SUNDAY SUN November, 1994
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review, Alan Dershowitz, THE ABUSE EXCUSE," QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (August, 1996)
Richard E Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of James Q. Wilson, DOES THE ABUSE EXCUSE THREATEN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, in SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL (Fall, 1997)
Richard E Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Review of James Q. Wilson, MORAL JUDGMENT in SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL, (Fall, 1997)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Howard Kurtz, SPIN CYCLE: Inside the Clinton Propaganda Machine, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH, (Feb, 1999)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Leslie Stahl, REPORTING LIVE, SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL (Summer: 2000)
Richard E. Vatz, Review, Bernard Goldberg, BIAS, USA TODAY MAGAZINE, May 2002
Richard E. Vatz, Review, Bernard Goldberg, BIAS, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH , Nov 2002
Richard E. Vatz, Review, Jeffrey Schaler, ADDICTION IS A CHOICE, JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION (2003)
Richard E. Vatz, "Significant Psychiatric Recommendations Irresponsibly Made," Current Psychology, November, 2007
Review of Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield. The loss of sadness: How psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder, (New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2007)
Review, Richard E. Vatz, Bernard Goldberg, A slobbering love affair: the true (and pathetic) story of the torrid romance between Barack Obama and the mainstream media, 2009 Quarterly Journal of Speech: (forthcoming 2009)

Correspondence

Richard E. Vatz, rejoinder to article by Scott Consigny critiquing my article "The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation" in PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC (Winter, 1975)
Lee. S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "Political Philosophy," A letter-essay concerning Alexander Bickel's MORALITY OF CONSENT, COMMENTARY (June, 1976)
Richard E. Vatz, "More on the Rhetorical Situation," in Forum Section, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH (February, 1981)
Richard E. Vatz and Kenneth A. Vatz, letter-essay on medical care in COMMENTARY (June, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Challenging the Challengers of Szasz's Psychiatric Will," Correspondence Section of HASTINGS CENTER REPORT (December, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Correspondence" piece on Alcoholism, THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ( July 21, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Psychosophistry' on the Homeless," "Free For All", THE WASHINGTON POST (January 7, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Scholars Have Their Say," "Free For All" THE WASHINGTON POST ( April 7, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz, "Dangers of Ritalin," THE NEW YORK TIMES (August 4, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz, "The Insanity Defense," THE WASHINGTON POST ( August 26, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Anti-psychiatry and Homelessness," COMMENTARY (September, 1991)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Battling for Mental Health Benefits," Heath section in THE WASHINGTON POST (March 31, 1992)
Richard E. Vatz, "The Low State of Higher Ed." THE WASHINGTON POST (September 14, 1992)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, refereed letter, "Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder," JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (May 12, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz, Edith Effron and Psychoanalysis of Bill Clinton, REASON (March, 1995)
Richard E. Vatz, ,"Not All Mental Woes Are Severe Illnesses," THE BALTIMORE SUN (answer to attack on my earlier article in WALL STREET JOURNAL," August 19, 1996.
Richard E. Vatz, "Schizophrenia’s Most Zealous Foe," THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, March, 1998, p. 16
Richard E. Vatz, "Capitol Madness." USA TODAY (newspaper) August 18, 1998
Richard E. Vatz, letter on article on E. Fuller Torrey, "Schizophrenia’s Most Zealous Foe" March, 1998 THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
Richard E. Vatz, "Drug Stigma Not Bad," USA TODAY, May 11, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, "Why Publicize an Assassin’s Views? "THE WASHINGTON POST, May 22, 1999
Richard E. Vatz. "Letting Criminals Walk," THE WASHINGTON POST, July 30, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, "Insanity Defense: Indefensible," THE WASHINGTON POST, March 6, 2000
Richard E. Vatz, "Mental Disorder,"
COMMENTARY, March, 2000
Richard E. Vatz, "An Obeisant Vice President," THE WASHINGTON POST, July 9, 2000
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor, “Self Disclosure in Therapy, “Science,” THE NEW YORK TIMES,” January 8, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor on Allegedly Innocent Death Row Inmates, USA TODAY, January 13, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor on Mary McGrory's Editorial Retraction, THE WASHINGTON POST March 8, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “Therapy is in the Eye of the Beholder,” THE WASHINGTON POST, March 30, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, "No Authenticity in Debates," THE WASHINGTON POST October 25, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, "Conservative and Liberal Professors in the academy," CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, November 5, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, “CBS Anchor’s Departure is Welcome” USA Today, March 8, 2005
“Thomas Szasz Takes on His Critics,” Reason Magazine, Aug/Sept 2005
Letter on cyclothymia, The Washington Post, December 27, 2005
“Dealing with Depression, The Washington Post, June 28, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, “Boys and Girls and ADHD, ” The Washington Post, July 18, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, “An Unbalanced Diagnosis,” The New Atlantis, Fall, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor, “[anti] Parity for Mental Health” The Washington Post, November 20, 2007
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor, “Bill Buckley as I Knew Him,” The Washington Post, February 29, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor, “Is Monitoring Plagiarism Worth the Hassle?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, Letter to the Editor, The Washington Post (Health) Depression Testing, June 2, 2009.

Editorials

Richard E. Vatz, "No Mere Rhetoric," THE BALTIMORE SUN (July 15, 1980)
Richard E. Vatz, "Conventional Eloquence," THE BALTIMORE SUN (August, 1980)
Richard E. Vatz, "Which Past for President Reagan," THE BALTIMORE SUN (January 20, 1980)
Richard E. Vatz, "The Inaugural Speech: Reagan Warmed Over?" THE BALTIMORE SUN (January 27, 1981)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "Nixon in 1980," THE WASHINGTON POST (January 16, 1980)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Reaganspeak and the New Imperial Presidency," THE BALTIMORE SUN (August 20, 1981)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Who's Crazy? Forensic Psychiatry and the Courts," THE BALTIMORE SUN (June 2, 1982)
Richard E. Vatz, "The Tylenol Trial," THE BALTIMORE SUN, (July 14, 1982)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Some Say Mental Illness is a Myth, "in Perspective Section of THE BALTIMORE SUN (August 22, 1982)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Calling Behaviors 'Illness' deflects responsibility," THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (June 20, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz, "The Illness Copout," THE BALTIMORE SUN (August 17, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Why Not Sue a Psychiatrist?," THE WASHINGTON POST (August 29, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Reasoned Debate," THE BALTIMORE SUN (September 7, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Big Hang-Up (campaign phone advertising)," PITTSBURGH PRESS (November 15, 1983)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Ducking the Issue on the Insanity Plea, Perspective section of THE BALTIMORE SUN (January 22, 1984)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Measuring and Shaping Public Opinion," PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (February 4,1984)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Debates," THE BALTIMORE SUN (June 6, 1984)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Sexual Addiction," THE BALTIMORE SUN (June 27, 1984)
Richard E. Vatz, "Campaign Polling," THE BALTIMORE SUN (July 27, 1984)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Presidential Debates," THE BALTIMORE SUN (September 27, 1984)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Getting Ahead" (on political campaigns and polling), THE BALTIMORE SUN (October 18, 1984)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Inaugurals Past," THE BALTIMORE SUN (January 21, 1985)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Freud Reanalyzed," THE SUNDAY SUN (February 17, 1985)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The 'Meaning' of the Hostage Crisis,'" Lead article in PERSPECTIVE section of THE SUNDAY SUN (June 30, 1985)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Alcoholism as Disease-The Indulgence Epidemic," THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (August 11, 1985)
Richard E. Vatz, Lee S. Weinberg, and Thomas Szasz, "Television and Psychiatry?" Outlook section of THE WASHINGTON POST (September 15, 1985)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Psychiatry: Science or Politics?", Lead article in Perspective Section of THE SUNDAY SUN (January 26, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Word Traps," THE BALTIMORE SUN (March 19, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Is Gambling a Disease?", THE WASHINGTON POST (April 2, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Great and Not-So-Great Debates," Lead article in Perspective section of THE SUNDAY SUN (June 1, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "What Lies Ahead for Polygraphers," LOS ANGELES TIMES (June 22, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz, "Not-so-great Debate," THE EVENING SUN (July 15, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Disputing Reality of Gamblers' Illness," THE BALTIMORE SUN (July 23, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz, "Senate Debate Turned Into Minor Chaos," THE EVENING SUN (July 28, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz, "Tests of Voting," THE BALTIMORE SUN (July 29, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Women, Politics and Psychiatry," LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER" (August 15, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Grandiose Claims of the 'New Psychiatry,'" NEWSDAY (October 3, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Myth of Tobacco Addiction," THE WASHINGTON POST (October 7, 1986) (also published in CHICAGO TRIBUNE November 3, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg "Reagan Should Not Testify," THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN (December 17, 1986)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Riddle of Colonel North: A Crazy-Brave Among Phony-Toughs," THE WASHINGTON POST (January 26, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz, "A Prescription for Disaster," (Analysis on Gubernatorial Commission on Higher Education), THE BALTIMORE SUN (February 17, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Yet Another 'Most-Crucial' Reagan Test," THE BALTIMORE SUN (March 21, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Science and Advocacy in the Courtroom," THE BALTIMORE SUN (April 18, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Selling the Myth of the Pathological Gambler," THE EVENING SUN (June 22, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The President's Speech: Great Expectations, Small Substance," The Perspective Section in THE SUNDAY SUN (August 16, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz, "A Debate That Wasn't," THE BALTIMORE SUN (September 1, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Polls: Was the Big Schmoke Lead Created or Discovered?", Perspective section of THE SUNDAY SUN (September 27, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Making Opinion Instead of Measuring It: The Perils of Asking if Bush is a Wimp," Perspective section of THE SUNDAY SUN (October 18, 1987)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Some Reflections on New Hampshire's Vote," THE EVENING SUN (February 18, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Dole's Big Victory: It was in the Air," Perspective section in THE SUNDAY SUN (February 21, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "What is Alcoholism?", Lead article in Perspective section in THE SUNDAY SUN (January 24, 1988). Reprinted in The LOS ANGELES DAILY RECORD (January 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "When to Release Criminally Insane?" THE BALTIMORE SUN (March 10, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz, "Notes on the Summit," THE EVENING SUN (June 3, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Rather Tense Nature of Bush Interviews," Perspective Section of THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY SUN (June 12, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz, "Rating the [Democrats'] Speechifying," THE BALTIMORE SUN (July 23, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, re Dukakis psychiatric rumors "A Problem, or is it a Sickness?" THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN (August 11, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Rating the [Republicans'] Rhetoric," THE BALTIMORE SUN (August 20, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Quayle Failed. Does it Matter?," THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN (October 7, 1988)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "We Can't Tell Who'll Be Violent if Released," NEWSDAY (January 8, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "In Defense of the Motivation of Therapists," Perspective page, THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY SUN (February 26, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Tower's No-Drink Pledge Makes No Sense." THE LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER, (March 2, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "There's a New Skepticism Toward Alcohol as a Disease," Health Section, THE WASHINGTON POST (March 7, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz, "After the Wilding, the World asks, 'Why?'," THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN (May 8, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Can Gambling Be Excused as a Disease?" THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY SUN (JULY 2, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz, "Going Hunting for Quayle Again," THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY SUN (July 23, 1989)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Problem with 'Admitting the Problem' [Critique of self-help groups "Twelve Steps"]," Perspective section of THE SUNDAY SUN ( November 19, 1989); published as "When an Admission Becomes a No-fault Claim," CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER (January 15, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Guess-timates About Gambling" (Critique of pathological gambling surveys), THE BALTIMORE SUN (January 24, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "A Perspective on Letters to Newspapers," THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (March 6, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Those Who Can Teach" (on the effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1990 on college and university hiring), THE BALTIMORE SUN (March 31, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Walters Interview: No Guts and Much Glory," THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN (April 10, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz, "Public Apologies," THE BALTIMORE SUN (August 7, 1990) Richard E. Vatz, "MADD's Gentle Art of Persuasion THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN (August 7, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The President Escalates the Rhetoric in Baltimore Speech [in Persian Gulf Crisis]," THE SUNDAY SUN (August 26, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Teaching us Values and Calling it "Science'" [critique of the 1990 Kinsey Institute Survey on Americans' Sexual Knowledge], THE BALTIMORE SUN (September 15, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "State of Mind" [on conviction of man having sex with person with "multiple personality disorder], THE BALTIMORE SUN (November 13, 1990)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Expense of the Death Penalty," THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (January 12, 1991)
Richard E. Vatz, "Compulsive Gambling as a Phony Excuse," THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ( July 3, 1991)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Smith Case: End to Rape Shield Laws?" THE WASHINGTON POST (September 3, 1991)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Mental Illness and Insurance," THE BALTIMORE SUN (January 11, 1992)
Richard E. Vatz, "New Study Provides Evidence Hyperactivity overdiagnosed," THE SUNDAY SUN (September 13, 1992)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Presidential Debates Seldom Shake Solid Support," THE SUNDAY SUN (October 11, 1992)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Keno Krazy: Why 'Compulsive Gambling Really Isn't," "Outlook" Editorial, THE WASHINGTON POST (January 10, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Incoming Presidents Labor with 'an Inferior Art Form" [inaugural address], THE SUNDAY SUN (January 17, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Blanket Mental Health Coverage- Crazy," THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (April 14, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "[Mental Health Insurance] Coverage Only for the Most Severe Conditions, THE BALTIMORE SUN (June 8, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Media Make [Health] Risks Sensational," THE SUNDAY SUN ( June 27, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Mental Health Myopia" (Media coverage of psychiatry and public policy), THE WASHINGTON TIMES (August 17, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Insanity of the Ron Price Case," THE BALTIMORE SUN (August 18, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Not a 'Victim' to His Victim," (op-ed interview with victim of American University President Richard Berendzen), THE WASHINGTON TIMES (September 19, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz, "Mental Health: A Phony Crisis," USA TODAY (December 2, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Separate 'Mentally Ill' from 'Worried Well," (relates to Clinton Health Security Act), THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (December 13, 1993)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Making Maryland 'The Therapeutic State'" THE SUNDAY SUN (February 13, 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nixon --Well, Sort of," THE SUNDAY SUN (May 1, 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Attention Deficit Delirium," THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (July 27, 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Shapiro for the Defense," THE BALTIMORE SUN (September 2, 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "To Clinton's 'Shrinks:' Heal Thyselves," THE BALTIMORE EVENING SUN ( November 22, 1994)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Strange Case of Denver's Lenore Walker," THE DENVER POST (February 4, 1995)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Gambling is not Pathological," "Rejoinder," THE BALTIMORE SUN (October, 1995)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Good Reasons for Caution on Mental Health Coverage." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (June 13, 1996)
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, " My Fellow Americans...(and all that)" (critique of inaugural addresses) THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE (January 20,1997); also published in THE NEW JERSEY STANDARD
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Muddled Concepts of Mental Disability," THE WASHINGTON TIMES (May 21, 1997)
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "For Gun-toting Students, No Special Exceptions," PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, April 29, 1998
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Not a Close Call,” THE WASHINGTON TIMES, April 1998
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “For Gun-toting Students, No Special exceptions,” PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, April 29, 1998
Richard E. Vatz, “Overreach on Mental Health,” THE WASHINGTON TIMES, June 23, 1999; also published in THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, July 8, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, "The Wrong Decision-Makers," THE WASHINGTON TIMES, August 8, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, "Satcher Report is Bad Science," THE BALTIMORE SUN, January 23, 2000
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Negative Campaigning," THE HARTFORD COURANT,
February, 2000
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Case Against John Hinckley's Latest Request," THE BALTIMORE SUN, April 18, 2000
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Can't Stop Negative Ads," THE BALTIMORE SUN, September 7, 2000
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Enter with Caution [lead op-ed piece on Inaugural Speeches], THE BALTIMORE SUN, January 19, 2001
Richard E. Vatz, “Media Coverage of McVeigh”, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, April 15, 2001
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Mother Must Answer for Her Deadly Choice,” THE BALTIMORE SUN January 7, 2002
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Debates May Sway Race for Governor,” THE BALTIMORE SUN, April 2, 2002
Richard E Vatz, "Primary Lessons, THE BALTIMORE SUN, September 13, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, “Compulsive Gambling Hyperbole,” THE WASHINGTON TIMES, March 27, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “Psychiatry in the Courtroom,” THE WASHINGTON TIMES, May 21, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, ”The Case Against Hinckley’s Plea,” THE WASHINGTON TIMES, November 3, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “The Compulsive Gambling Myth,” THE BALTIMORE SUN, December 4, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “Primaries are Undemocratic,” USA TODAY (newspaper), January 19, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, "A Big Debate Over a Small Number of Votes," RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER, September 28, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, “Yates Deserves a New Trial, Then Prison, THE BALTIMORE SUN, January 12, 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “Tom Cruise is Right – Mostly,” The Gazette, July 5, 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “Silence on attacks against Steele over the years point to racism, Maryland Style,” The Gazette November 11, 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “Polls are too much with us,” The Gazette, January 27, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, "The System Goes Crazy again: Insanity pleas in court redux," The Baltimore Examiner, August 10, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, “Republicans Alienate America When Pandering to Base,” The Baltimore Examiner, August 16, 2007
Richard E. Vatz, “Why Cheney Was Right: Polls Shouldn’t Make Policy, The Baltimore Sun April 14, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, "Negative Campaigning Clarified: The "FIT Test," The Baltimore Examiner, July 14, 2008
Richard E. Vatz and Jeffrey A. Schaler, “ ‘Parity’ Through the Back Door,” The Baltimore Sun, October 23, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, “One Sick Prognosis,” The Washington Times,” January 7, 2009

Blogs

Red Maryland (selected):

Richard E. Vatz, “The Establishment War Values (Thus Far) of President Barack Obama,” May 16, 2009
Richard E. Vatz “The Journalistically Irresponsible Brian Williams and the NBC Sanitized News,” May 11, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, “Barack Obama’s 4/29/09 Press Conference: Speaker Extraordinaire; Policy Wonk; But Quality as Commander-in-Chief Unknown,” April 30, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania: a Profile in Political Expediency and Lack of Integrity,” April 28, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, The Rhetoric of "Torture," President Barack Obama, and the Banana Republic Laureates, April 24, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, “The Maryland General Assembly’s Death Penalty Folly: An IIlustrative Application of Reckless Legislation,” April 18, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, “President Barack Obama's Inaugural: a Few Not Overly Critical Thoughts,” January 20, 2009
Richard E. Vatz,“Despicable Racial Slurs: President-elect Obama and Right Wing Racial Malice,” December 28, 2008
Richard E. Vatz,“The Horrible Murder of Aysha D. Ring and the Insanity of the Insanity Plea,” December 8, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, “Presidential Election 2008: Post-Mortems,” November 5, 2008
Richard E. Vatz “Stay in the Race, Hillary,” Red Maryland, May 23, 2008

Conference Papers and Presentations

Richard E. Vatz, "Presidential Ethos: The Rhetoric of Apotheosis," at Eastern States Communication Convention, 1973
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "Psychiatry and Crime," Academy of Criminal Justice annual meeting, New Orleans, 1978
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, "Thomas Szasz's Rhetorical and Communication Theories and Their Applications," Eastern Communication Association annual meeting, 1979
Richard E. Vatz, "Rhetoric and Social Science," American Legal Studies Association annual meeting, 1979
Richard E. Vatz, "The Rhetorical Creation of Détente," Speech Communication Association annual meeting, 1980
Lee S. Weinberg and Richard E. Vatz, "The Insanity of the Insanity Defense," Northeastern Political Science Association annual meeting, November, 1981
Richard E. Vatz, Chair of Panel on Political Rhetoric at Eastern States Communication Association annual meeting, April, 1984
Richard E. Vatz, Chair and Coordinator of SCA Seminar Series , "Psychiatry and Psychology as Rhetoric," 1987 SCA annual convention
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, "Symbols of Threat and Reassurance: Case Studies in Political Communication," panel at 1987 SCA annual convention
Richard E. Vatz, Chair and Coordinator, "Language and Alcoholism: Alcohol and the 'Disease' Metaphor/Model," 1988 Speech Communication Association annual convention
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Media and Polling: Measuring and Creating the Salience of George Bush as 'Wimp,'" 1988 Speech Communication Association annual convention
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Alcohol and the Disease Metaphor: The Veterans Administration Supreme Court Decision," 1988 Speech Communication Association annual convention
Richard E. Vatz, Chair and Coordinator of panel, THE LANGUAGE AND PERSUASION OF HYPERACTIVITY" Eastern Communication Association annual meeting, May, 1989
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Hyperactivity and the Disease Metaphor," Eastern Communication Association annual meeting, May, 1989
Richard E. Vatz, coordinator and participant in debate on considering alcoholism as a disease, Speech Communication Association annual convention, 1990
Richard E. Vatz, paper presenter and Panel participant on "Public Opinion and Presidential Elections," Speech Communication Association annual convention, 1990
Richard E. Vatz, coordination and paper presenter on "Predicting Policy from Presidential Rhetoric," Eastern Communication Association annual meeting, 1991
Richard E. Vatz, "Rhetoric and Mental Illness: The Case of Multiple Personality Disorder," International Communication Association annual meeting, 1991
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Conceptual Bind in Defining the Volitional Component of Alcoholism: Consequences for Public Policy and Scientific Research," Speech Communication Association annual meeting, November, 1991
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Mental Illness and Criminal Law: From Shield to Sword," Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, March, 1992
Richard E. Vatz, chair, "Stress, Social Support and Cogency of Specialized Appeals," Speech Communication Association annual convention, 1992
Richard E. Vatz, "The Rhetorical Paradigm in Psychiatry," Speech Communication Association annual convention, 1993
Richard E. Vatz, "Media Coverage of Psychiatry," Popular Culture Annual Meeting, 1994
Richard E. Vatz, Leader of Roundtable Conference on Psychiatry and Rhetoric, Speech Communication Association annual convention, 1994
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Critiques of Szaszian Criticism of Psychiatry," Top Three Papers in Health Communication, Eastern Communication Association, annual meeting, 1996
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, SCA Seminar in Rhetoric and Psychology, Speech Communication Association annual convention, Fall, 1996
Richard E. Vatz, "The Diatribe and Ezra Pound," Eastern Communication Association, March 1997
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, Rhetoric, Therapy and Culture, NCA National Convention Seminar, Fall, 1997
Richard E. Vatz , participation in NCA Seminar in "Rhetoric, Therapy and Culture," Fall, 1997
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, "Coming to Terms with the Term, ‘Moderate’" Eastern Communication Association, annual meeting, 1998
Richard E. Vatz, coordinator and participant in SCA Seminar Series in "Rhetoric and Psychiatry: Persuasion and Communication Issues," National Communication Association (NCA) annual convention, Fall, 1998
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, “Critiques of Szaszian Criticism,” NCA Convention, 1998
Richard E. Vatz, Chair and Participant, “Rhetoric and Politics in the Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton,” Eastern Communication Association Convention, 1999
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, “Cynicism in Literary, Counter-Cultural and Academic Practice,” Eastern Communication Association Convention,” 1999
Richard E. Vatz, “Richard E. Vatz on Rhetoric and Psychiatry,” NCA National Convention, November, 1999
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "Rhetorical Dimensions of Decriminalization,” NCA National Convention, November 1999
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, “Rhetoric and Politics in the Impeachment and Aftermath of President William Jefferson Clinton, ” NCA National Convention, November 1999
Richard E. Vatz, Seminar Series, “Rhetoric and Psychiatry: Persuasion and Communication Issues,” NCA National Convention, November 1999
Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg, "The Rhetorical Paradigm in Psychiatric History: Thomas Szasz and the Myth of Mental Illness,” NCA National Convention, November 1999
Richard E. Vatz, Panel Coordinator of "Private vs. Public Rhetoric: Can One Accurately Infer Presidential Politics from Public Rhetoric?" and Paper Presenter, Offbeat Rhetoric: Pat Buchanan and Reform Party Effects on the Year 2000 Presidential Campaign." ECA Convention, Pittsburgh, April, 2000
Richard E. Vatz, Seminar Coordinator, "Rhetoric and Psychiatry," NCA National Convention, 2000 in Seattle
Richard E. Vatz, Panel Coordinator, "Rhetoric and Communication Issues of the 2000 Presidential and Election," NCA National Convention, 2000 in Seattle
Richard E. Vatz, position paper, "Negative Rhetoric in Campaign 2000: The Only Way to Go," NCA National Convention, 2000 in Seattle
Richard E. Vatz, panelist, "Burke on the Couch: Psychiatric/Psychological Implications of Dramatism, NCA National Convention, 2000 in Seattle
Richard E. Vatz, “The Surgeon General’s Rhetorically Flawed Report on Mental Illness,” Eastern Communication Association Annual Meeting, 2001
Richard E. Vatz, Organizer and Participant, Seminar: Rhetoric and Psychiatry: Persuasion and Communication Issues, National Communication Convention, 2001
Richard E. Vatz, “The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation A Contentious Reassertion,” National Communication Convention, 2001
Richard E. Vatz, “The Rhetorical and Political Implications of the War on Terrorism,” Eastern Communication Association Convention, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, “Military Confidence and Other Reassuring Rhetoric in the New Age of Terrorism in America,” Eastern Communication Association Convention, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, Organizer and Participant, Seminar in Rhetoric and Psychiatry, National Communication Association Convention, Fall, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, “Rhetoric and the War on Terrorism,” National Communication Association Convention, Fall, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, “Military Confidence and Other Reassuring Rhetoric in the New Age of Terrorism in America,” National Communication Convention, Fall, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, Keynote Series, “Argument for Qualified Support of the Death Penalty,” National Communication Association Convention Fall, 2002
Chosen by NCA Vice President to participate in a debate on President Bush’s policies on Iraq for NCA national convention, 2002
Richard E. Vatz, "PR and Persuasion Writing", PRSA 2002 Conference, Baltimore, Md
Richard E. Vatz, March, 2003 “Teach-In War Discussion” for Student Government Sponsored Campus Debate, Towson University
Richard E. Vatz, “A Conservative Commentator in a Liberal Media and Academic World,” Eastern Communication Association Convention, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “Security vs. Freedom; Some -- but not much -- Rhetorical Mutual Exclusivity,” Eastern Communication Association Convention, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “Conceptual Ambiguity in OBRA '93,” Eastern Communication Association Convention, 2003
Elected Senator to NCA Legislative Assembly 2002-2005
Richard E. Vatz, “Rhetorical Changes in Diagnoses and Treatment of ADD/ADHD,” Eastern Communication Association, Spring 2004
Richard E. Vatz, The Rhetorical Challenges of Democratic Presidential Primaries, Eastern Communication Association, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, The Politics of Rhetorical Commentary, National Communication Association, Fall, 2003
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, Rhetorical and Political Media Commentary, National Communication Association, Fall 2003
Richard E. Vatz, “Rhetorical Changes in Diagnoses and Treatment of ADD/ADHD,” Eastern Communication Association, Spring 2004
Richard E. Vatz, The Rhetorical Challenges of Democratic Presidential Primaries, Eastern Communication Association, Spring, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, Bush's War on Terror: Lessons to Be Learned after Three Years, National Communication Association (Fall, 2004)
Richard E. Vatz, Re-Imaginations of the Rhetorical Situation in a Mass Mediated Age. National Communication Association (respondent, Fall, 2004)
Richard E. Vatz, Rhetoric and Psychiatry: Rhetoric and Persuasion Issues, National Communication Association ( Fall, 2004)
Richard E. Vatz, “Media Commentary on the Governor Ehrlich vs. Baltimore Sun Controversy: Participant as Observer,” Eastern Communication Convention, Spring 2005
Richard E. Vatz, The Rhetoric of Psychiatry: Persuasion and Communication Issues, National Communication Association Seminar (Fall, 2005)
Richard E. Vatz, “Assessing the Health of Academic Freedom: The Academic Bill of Rights Movement,” National Communication Association Convention (Fall, 2005)
Richard E. Vatz, “Teaching Fellows Committee Meeting” for winners of Teaching Fellows Award, Eastern Communication Association Meeting, Spring, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, “Doling Out the Rice: The Republicans Rich Array of Female Presidential Talent,” Eastern Communication Association Meeting, Spring, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, “The Erstwhile anti-Public Opinion President,” ,” Eastern Communication Association Meeting, Spring, 2006
Richard E. Vatz, “The Rhetoric of Psychiatry: Persuasion and Communication Issues,” Preconvention Seminar Organizer and Presenter, National Communication Association Convention (accepted, Fall, 2006)
Richard E. Vatz, “Challenges in Political Media Commentary,” Panel organizer and presenter, National Communication Association Convention (accepted, Fall, 2006)
Richard E. Vatz, “Media and Political Rhetoric” Panel organizer and presenter, Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2007
Richard E. Vatz, “Teaching Fellow Award Committee, Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2007
Richard E. Vatz, “Political Responsibilities of Professor in Class,” Panelist, Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2007
Richard E. Vatz, "Rhetorical Challenges and Election 2008,” Panel organizer and presenter, National Communication Association Convention, Fall 2007
Richard E. Vatz, Respondent, "Perspectives on Foreign Policy and Candidate Evaluations, Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, Panelist, "Making a Difference in the Next Four Years: A Roundtable Discussion of the 2008 Election," Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, "A Rhetoric and Psychiatry: A Szaszian Perspective on a Political Case Study," Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, Panelist, "Was There a Pitt Tradition in Rhetoric," Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, "Argumentation and Politics,: Making a Difference Everywhere," Eastern Communication Association Convention, Spring, 2008
Richard E. Vatz, “Rhetoric and Psychiatry,” Seminar organizer and presenter, National Communication Association Convention, Fall 2008
Richard E. Vatz, “Pre-Conference Seminar: Rhetorical Evolution and Possible Revolution in Psychiatry,” National Communication Association Convention 2008
Richard E. Vatz, Discussant, “Social Movements, Rhetorical Situations, and the Enduring Salience of the Bitzer-Vatz Exchange,” National Communication Association Convention 2008
Richard E. Vatz, “William F. Buckley's Rhetorical Legacy: An UNconventionAL Communicator,” National Communication Association Convention 2008
The Unprecedented Rhetorical Challenges Commentary on a Nearly Unprecedented Presidential Election Year, Eastern Communication Association Convention, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, The Obama and Republican Opposition Rhetorical Watch: Year One, Chair and presenter, National Communication Association Convention, fall, 2009
Richard E. Vatz, Chair, Whither Ideological Diversity in the NCA, National Communication Association Convention, Fall, 2009

Selected Reviewing - Articles & Books

Quarterly Journal of Speech
Speech Monographs
Journal of Communication
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Journal of Applied Communication
Southern Communication Journal
Western Journal of Communication
Communication Studies
Transaction Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press

Editorships

Associate Editor of USA TODAY MAGAZINE 1987 -Present
Board of Trustees Member, USA TODAY MAGAZINE, 2001- Present
Editorial Board for SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL 1999-2002
Editorial Board for QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH 1999-2002
Editorial Board for COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY 2001-2003
Associate Editor, COMMUNICATION STUDIES, 2002-2004
Editor, Current Psychology, appointed June, 2008 - present

University Committees

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University Senate 1979 - present
2003-2004 Search committee for Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
2004 Vice President for Student Affairs Search Committee
2003 COFAC Dean Search Committee
COFAC Promotion and Tenure Committee (est. 1985-present)
Faculty/Staff Campaign
Leadership Advisory Committee
Maccabi Games: Transportation Committee Volunteer, August 11-15, 2002
University Task Force on Structure and Governance
Committee to evaluate BA/BS degree requirements
Served on Masters in Writing committee
Served on GUR Evaluation subcommittee of University Curriculum Committee
Served on Search Committee for Dean of Minority Affairs
College Promotion and Tenure Committee (current)
President's Strategic Resources Review Committee on Budget
President's Faculty AD HOC Budgetary Committee
University Honors Board
University Retrenchment Appeals Committee (current, inactive)
Fair Practices Committee
Commencement Speakers Review Board (current)

Vatz Campus and Off-Campus Lectures and Recent Service

Moderated debate for Congressional seat between Dutch Ruppersberger and Jane Brooks, Cockeysville, Md. October 25, 2004
Richard E. Vatz, “Political Rhetoric,” speech to Open World Delegates on behalf of the Baltimore County League of Women Voters, November 2004
Richard E. Vatz , National interview with Sinclair Broadcasting on Political Rhetoric, February 17, 2005
Judged Debate at Randolph-Macon, Spring 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “Political Persuasion of the 2004 Presidential Race,” 11th Annual TUSC Staff Development Conference
Lunch ‘n’ Listen panel, Towson University Society of Professional Journalists, March 5, 2005
Richard E. Vatz, “Public Opinion,” set of interviews with Comcast Television, Spring 2005
Richard E. Vatz, CNN Radio interview regarding George Bush’s 2nd Inaugural Address, January 2005
Moderator of Debate of Republican Senatorial Hopefuls, Towson University, February 24, 2004
“What Makes Professors and Students Succeed at Towson,” Towson Elite Night, April 6, 2004
"Media and Political Bias," William Horne Memorial Lecture, April 19, 2004
“Negative Rhetoric in Campaigning,” Beth El Congregation, May 1, 2004
Hillel VIP Lecture 2004
Keynote Speech, 2003 Induction Ceremony of The Golden Key International Honor Society
“Bias in the Media --- Pro-left, Pro-right, Non-Existent or Equally Distributed,” TUSC Staff Development Conference, October 30, 2003
“Rhetorically Speaking: TU Professor a study in political opinion,” Towson Times cover piece on my media work, November 30, 2005
Linda L. Esterson, “The Art of Persuasion Proves Convincing,” The Sunday Sun (largely on my Persuasion class), November 27, 2005
Vatz-Sponsored Guest Campus Lectures
Spring, 2006 Governor Bob Ehrlich spoke to my class at Towson --part of twice-yearly lecture since 1993
Speech at to CCBC Catonsville”Keeping your ethical chin up when it’s exposed by Fragmented Media.” April 9, 2008
Speech, "Public Opinion and public opinion polls in the United States," League of Women voters, Towson University

Sundry Campus Speeches

September 29, 2005 spoke in Sen. Jim Brochin’s class, “Ideology and Politics”
“Plagiarism and Blacklisting,” Society of Professional Journalists, 2006

Selected Debates and Speakerships – in conjunction with Student Government Association

George McGovern vs. William F. Buckley
Sen. Patrick Moynihan vs. Sen. S. I. Hayakawa
Eleanor Smeal vs. Judith Lindahl
Columnist Richard Cohen
Thomas S. Szasz vs. E. Fuller Torrey

Consulting

I have served as a consultant in the areas of executive communication and issues of communication and psychiatry. My clients have included some of the major law firms in Baltimore and Washington, banking institutions, charitable institutions and individuals. I have spoken to a variety of groups, including the Capitol Hill Club in Washington and a number of banking and other business groups.

Selected Campus and Off-Campus Lectures

"Rhetoric and Mental Illness," Staff Development Conference, TU Fall, October 8, 1996
"Faculty Forum," AAUP, November 7, 1997 Guest Speaker, "Media Talk Shows: Pervasiveness and Persuasiveness," Maryland Press Club, April 30, 1998
Lecture to African American Employees Association, "Clinton and Racial Issues" 1998
Windham Lecture Series in Liberal Arts, Middle Tennessee State University, March 4, 1999
Panelist, "Towards Defining an Honors Course, "Lilly Conference, April, 1999
Master of Ceremonies for Community Action Dialogue, Montgomery County, September 22, 1998
Lecture to African American Employees Association, "Affirmative Action: Pro and Con," September 28, 1999
Lecture to Dulaney High School, philosophy class on "Rhetoric" February 2, 1999
Featured Speaker for symposium on Thomas Szasz, "Liberty and/or Psychiatry" 2000
"The Principles of Rhetoric as Applied to Psychiatry," Celebrating Towson 2000
Chair and Presenter, Baltimore Public Relations Symposium on the 24-Hour News Cycle and Implications for Public Relations and the Media, April 19, 2002
Chair and Presenter, Baltimore Public Relations Symposium on “Who Controls the News,” July 17, 2001
Maryland PRSA Conference, October 30, 2002: PR and Persuasion Writing: Persuasive and Compelling Communicating
Provided Debate Institute Lecture for debaters from Baltimore city’s Schools, Summer 2002
Moderated debate between Dutch Ruppersberger and Helen Bentley for their House race, September 24, 2002
Keynote Speech, 2003 Induction Ceremony of The Golden Key International Honor Society
“Bias in the Media --- Pro-left, Pro-right, Non-Existent or Equally Distributed,” TUSC Staff Development Conference, October 30, 2003
“What Makes Professors and Students Succeed at Towson,” Towson Elite Night, April 6, 2004
April 19, 2004 speech on “Media and Political Bias” commemorating Bill Horne at Towson
May 1, 2004 Speech to Beth El retreat on “Negative Campaigning.”
Debate Moderating: Richard E. Vatz moderated a debate on October 25, 2004, between Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and Mrs. Jane Brooks who are candidates for the 2nd
Congressional District seat in the House of Representatives.
Featured Speaker, Maryland State Department of Education ( local and retired school system superintendents) on the topic "Getting Along with the Media -- Myths and Reality" at their annual retreat in Ocean City on October 28, 2004
Hillel VIP Lecture, Fall 2004, Towson University

Professional Association Memberships

Speech Communication Association
Eastern Communication Association

Selected Media Work - by topic

Selected 2008: Media: July, 2008 CBS News commentary on Barack Obama Berlin Speech
July, 2008: Leslie Marshall Show -- Interview on the "FIT Test" for Negative Campaigning
July, 2008: Chip Franklin Show, San Diego on "FIT Test" for Negative Campaigning
July, 2008: radio interviews: Connecticut, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, "FIT Test" for Negative Campaigning
President Bush's Speech on Impending Confrontation with Iraq
ABC Radio News Network on Bush's Warning Speech at 10:30 a.m. 3/18/03
WTOP News on Bush's Warning Speech, 3/18/03
WBAL's Dave Durian Show on Bush's Warning Speech 3/18/03
WBAL Bruce Elliot Show on Bush's Warning Speech 3/17/03
Commenting on Bush's speech on impending Iraqi confrontation 3/17/03 on channel 45 at 10.
WLC Charlie Michaels interview WLG 3/14/02 on Bush, Iraq, Ehrlich

Compulsive Gambling
Interviewed on WBAL's Bruce Elliott show (3/1/03)
2/26/03 interview on ch, 54's "Newsmakers" also on the validity of the concept of "compulsive gambling."

Remarks on Powell's speech at U.N.
WBAL Radio (2/5/03) and (2/6/03).
WBFF (ch.54) "Newsmakers."
Preview of Powell's speech at the U.N. for WBAL Radio (2/5/03)

President Bush's State of the Union 2003
Bruce Elliott WBAL 2/1/03
WJZ taped my class and comments on State of Union 1/29/03
Steiner Show WYPR 1/29/03
CBS Radio 1/28/03
ABC: network 1/29/03
WTOP in Washington, D.C. (1/28/03 and 1/29/03).
WBAL television on State of Union 1/27/03
ABC Network 1/28/03
WBAL Radio's "Morning Show" with Dave Durian (1/28/03 and 1/29/03)
Marc Steiner Show 1/29/03
Ch. 54's Newsmakers Tuesday (1 /28/03) and ch. 45 at 10

Trent Lott
Interviewed by channel 13 (12/16).
Interviewed by WTOP Radio Monday (12/16).
W.JZ (ch. 13) Wednesday (12/11)

Sundry Commentary
Sole guest on MPT's "Direct Connection"; topics were Trent Loft's majority leader status and Al Gore's withdrawal from the 2004 presidential race, (12/16/02)
WTOP Radio and WBAL Radio 3/10/03 on the Clinton-Dole confrontation on 60 Minutes...
Segment 3/10/03 on the ABC Radio Network on the Clinton-Dole duel on 60 Minutes
Marc Steiner (3/7/03) discussion Bush and Blix ch. 54's "Newsmakers" (3/7/03).
Segment on WBAL's "Morning Show" (3/4/03) on the United States' rhetorical and psychological operations occurring in Iraq
Interview with ABC Network News 2/25/03 on Saddam's proposal in CBS interview for a debate with President Bush.
Guest on Marc Steiner's 10th anniversary show (3/3/03)
ABC national radio (12/13/02); WBFF and WBAL radio (12/14/02)
Bruce Elliott's WBAL talk show Saturday discussing the Sun's coverage of Governor-elect Robert Ehrlich's relationship, (11/30/02)
WBAL from New Orleans, 11/23/02
Audio for ch. 45 on the Sun-Fox dispute, (11/21/02)
CBS, 1992 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates
CBS, 1993 Presidential Inaugural Commentary
CBS, 1996 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates
CBS, 1997 Presidential Inaugural Commentary
CBS, 2000 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates
CBS, 2001 Presidential Inaugural Commentary
Once-a-week commentary on WBAL Radio -- 1994
Periodic Guest Analyst on Political Rhetoric and Issues in Psychiatric Persuasion: WBAL-TV, WMAR-TV, WJZ-TV, WBAL RADIO, WJHU Radio
Roundtable Discussions: WMAR-TV 1996-1997
Interview on WBAL with Bruce Elliott on issue of whether Uday and Qusay's photographed dead bodies should be publicized, July 26, 2003

Regular Political Commentary

Chief Political Commentator for 2002 Gubernatioral Election, WJZ-TV, WNUV
Debate Commentary, WJZ-TV, 1984,1988, 1992, 2000
Continuous Political Commentary 1984 - Present, WBAL Radio
Interviews, Political Rhetoric, Marc Steiner, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Media Work for Elections - 2000 - listed by medium

Radio

CBS Nationwide - 10/3; 10/5;10/11;10/17 Appearances & Commentary for all Pres. & VP Debates; 1/18; 1/19 Inaugural Commentary ; included individual bites for CBS affiliates
Marc Steiner WJHU - Debates, Pres and V. Pres: 9/29, 10/4, 10/6, 10/12, 10/18, 10/25; 11/6; 11/13; 11/15 Pres. Election and aftermath 11/17; 11/22, 11/25 12/1; 12/8 (1-1/2 hours Steiner hours); 1/4/01 Electoral College; 1/19/01 Bush Inaugural
Chip Franklin WBAL - 10/5 VP Debates 11/20 -- Pres. Election aftermath
WTOP (Washington) - Washington Election & Supreme Court Battles 12/11
Bruce Elliott WBAL - 10/7 VP Debates; 10/14 Pres. Debates; 11/25; 1/20/01 Bush Inaugural
Bruce Elliott WBAL - 10/7 VP Debates; 10/14 Pres. Debates; 11/25 1/20/01 Bush Inaugural
WBAL 10/4 - 3 hours on Dave Durian on going debate commentary 10/10; 10/11 Durian, 10/12 Durian, 10/18 Durian 11/6; 11/7; 11/8; 11/13; 11/16 Morning Show 11/24 Durian, 12/13 Durian, 12/14 Durian 1/20 Bush Inaugural with Alan Walden
Metro News 10/11;10/26 Presidential Election 11/20; 12/4 Election Aftermath
KNX - Los Angeles 10/3, 10/4 Presidential Election

Television

WMAR-TV - 12/14
WJZ -TV - 10/6 VP Debates; 10/24 Early News Presidential Debates; 11/6, 11/14 11:00 pm News Presidential Debates; 11/18 Morning & Evening News Election Aftermath; 12/5; 12/8; 12/10; 12/14 Election Aftermath
MPT - 11/1 Presidential Election;
WNUV - 9/27; 10/18;11/6 Newsmakers

Sundry Media Work for Elections - 2004- June through September 2004

6/20/04 piece on the Rather-Clinton 60 Minutes interview for WJZ's evening news.

6/21/04 interview on WBAL Radio on Rather-Clinton 60 Minutes interview

6/21/04 interview on ABC Radio nationally on Rather-Clinton 60 Minutes interview

6/24/04 interview on Marc Steiner on Media and Politics

6/25/4 Marc Steiner's show which was guest-hosted by Mindy Mintz on Michael Moore and VP’s
use of “F” word.

7/6/04 “Newsmakers” on July 6 on VP choice of Edwards

7/9/10 segment on ch. 45. on Kerry Edwards Team

7/10/04 hour on WBAL with Rob Douglas on Political Rhetoric

7/12/04 segment on ch. 45 on Kerry-Edwards

7/27-30/04 Dave Durian on rhetoric of Democratic National Convention

7/30/04 MPT on Friday night on political rhetoric

7/30/04 ABC Radio News nationwide Friday morning.

8/13/04 Marc Steiner on rhetoric of the presidential race

8/14/04 WBAL Bruce Elliott on rhetoric of the presidential race

8/21/04 hour on WBAL's Rob Douglas with Alan Walden substituting to discuss the presidential
race.

8/23/04segment on channel 45 news on celebrities' campaigning for -presidential candidates.

8/24/04 I did WBFF's "Newsmakers to discuss the rhetoric and politics of the Swift Boat ads.

8/30-9/3/04 WBAL weeklong election rhetoric commentary

8/31/04 ch. 45 interview on convention rhetoric

9/1/04 interviewed for channel 13 tonight

9/2/04 WTOP-Radio on Republicans’ convention rhetoric.

9/3/04 ABC Radio nationwide on rhetoric of election

9/8/04 ch. 45 News at 10 on negative campaigning

9/16/04 "Newsmakers" ch. 54 on election rhetoric

9/17/04 MPT News Maryland on the CBS controversy and state the Linda
Lamone controversy

9/17/04 ch. 45 segment tonight on CBS's belated apology

1/18/05, CNN Radio, Conversation with Richard Benson regarding George Bush’s 2nd Inaugural

RECENT MEDIA (Selected)

Regular biweekly guest on WBAL’s “The Ron Smith Show” every other Wednesday afternoon beginning August, 2005-present

Periodic appearances on Fox national television, local television WBFF TV, WBAL-TV, WJZ-TV, CBS Radio, ABC Radio, WBAL spot interviews + and appearances on Bruce Elliott Show

Recently Quoted in (Selected)

“Without a Doubt, Ehrlich has a Way With 1 Word,” The Washington Post, July 30, 2005

“Ehrlich's Position? 1090 on the Dial,” Washington Post August 19, 2005

“Ehrlich waits as Democrats duke it Out,” The Baltimore Sun October 10, 2005

“Former Aide’s ‘Dirty Tricks’ Could Blemish Ehrlich Image,” The Washington Post, , November 15, 2005

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