The Lingo Barriers, Altruism, and the Importance of Linguistic Precision

I hang out with a lot of different groups representing great differences in political and philosophical positions; and I can tell you, trying to penetrate the lingo barriers can be difficult.

Every group has their own words and phrases it likes to use; and their own definition of these words used [...]

Hey, Stop Stealing all the Good Words!

I wish the Obama campaign didn’t thoroughly dry hump “hope.” Stealing the word “change” is one thing, I can live with that, but I really liked the word “hope.” The Shawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies.

In fact, I’m sick of politicians and political movements abusing all our wonderful words.