Grab a Dictionary, Save the Republic (Ep. 12)

<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">The author of a dictionary-like book spent two years recovering the lost language that Americans need in order to talk with each other about things that matter.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Distressed at the dearth of civic understanding in the United States, Ed Hagenstein worked for over two decades to create <em><a class="Link" href="https://www.amazon.com/Language-Liberty-Citizens-Vocabulary/dp/1578690358/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Language of Liberty: A Citizen’s Vocabulary</a></em>. Its purpose is simple: the constitution demands consensus and our form of government requires discourse, which depends in turn on a precise and nuanced vocabulary of its own. Hagenstein has set out to recover 101 words that are essential to the American experiment, many largely lost to disuse or misuse.</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Show notes:</p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Mary Page Wilson-Lyons | <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKdPaSkx2g">TEDxBirminghamSalon</a></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="center"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="center"> </p>