Episode 60: Jettison Jargon (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)
- Author
- Bruce Deitrick Price
- Published
- Wed 24 Aug 2022
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Episode 60: Jettison Jargon (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)
The perennial problem is that authoritarians always want more power. One quick way to get it is to change the meaning of words. That is, to play games with the language. What to do about this?
Always preach the virtues of simplicity, sincerity, transparency, and honesty. Say what you mean, and mean what you say. These are the lessons that should be taught to all children in the early grades. Think for a minute how indebted we are to George Washington for never telling a lie, or at least saying so. Now you understand why the Left spends so much energy on discrediting him.
Podcast contains some simple ideas for fighting back against the games that professors play.
Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it.
