Editor’s note: This week I wrote two blog entries. “Uninspired,” a somewhat sarcastic look at the election campaign, was almost ready to publish before the shootings in El Paso and Dayton. After the attacks the sarcasm seemed a bit off, so “Bully Pulpit” will appear here first with the other entry right below it. The switch in mood between the two fits well with the mood of the country. Bully Pulpit By Hank Silverberg I have written several times before that words matter. And words from our leaders matter a lot. Theodore Roosevelt knew this well. He used what later became known as the “Bully Pulpit” to inspire Americans to take action. It helped break up monopolies and turn the USA into a world power at the turn of the 20th Century (see below). We have been reminded lately how effective the Bully Pulpit can be with all the looks back at John F. Kennedy’s call to put a man on the moon before the end of the 1960's . But the Bully Pulpit can also be ...