Words that shape ideas and feelings! A spotlight on ways to use words wisely to reassert civic values important to daily life. The book collects 70 blogposts written 2020 through 2022, during worldwide threats to health, safety, and freedoms previously taken for granted. Packed with personal perspectives to encourage hope, humor, and leadership. With truth-telling now needed more than ever, contains challenges to disinformation, misinformation, and the word-salad of public figures, social media, and mass media. The author advocates independent thought as the best antidote to propaganda. He illustrates approaches for using words wisely to call for accountability in public communication and to help democracy thrive, by reading, listening, speaking, writing, and voting thoughtfully. Includes a list of blogpost titles, dates of publication, bibliography, and an index.
- | Author: Rodney G. Miller
- | Publisher: Parula Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 232 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1737489554
- | ISBN-13: 9781737489559