Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful Speeches, so-so proofreading Comment: As the name suggests the magazine is a collection of speeches (though not always vital they are varied and have a wide appeal). There is no advertising, no photography, only a collection of 5-9 different speeches which can cover topics from education to nuclear energy to the banking system to the practice of non-violence to ... well just about anything.
I have greatly enjoyed reading it, but there is one complaint I have: The speeches are sometimes not carefully proofread. Since this is a journal devoted exclusively to written transcripts I am discouraged that there are so many typos, occasionally to the point of making a speech almost unreadable (though admittedly this extreme is rare).
Overall, I reccomend it to people interested in broadening their view of the world and looking for different viewpoints.
On a side note, I tried to order this through Amazon and after six months of no service I finally contacted the magazine and was able to get the subscription started. You may want to go directly to the magazine's website for this subscription. Customer Rating: Summary: Vital Speeches of Last Year Comment: August 3, 2004
Still nothing.
Reflects poorly not only on the publisher but also on the website that offers the product.
This ordering system is a technological masterpiece of the new millenium!
Bravo, Jeff! Customer Rating: Summary: Vital Speeches of the Day Comment: I ordered this April 6, 2004 and I have received nothing. There is no legitimate reason for the process to take this long.