For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
What do New Agers, religious fundamentalists, libertarians, anti-war activists, and hawks have in common? Recent conversations across a spectrum of political and spiritual beliefs reveal a common yet tangled thread. All the arguments I heard were variations on this form:
Our problems would be solved if everybody did X.
Therefore do X.
The problematic word is “everybody.” Many [...]
“Absolutely,” we say when we’re convinced of something—a great and powerful little word–so powerful, we may get through our whole lives without noticing its origin and commonalities with other words.
It’s got solve in it, like dissolve, solution, solubility, solvent, and absolve. Solve is from the Latin, Solvere which means to unfasten or [...]
When we voice our opinions we’re declaring two things at once. There’s the substance of our argument and then there’s the posture.
If I say in a haughty tone, “that movie’s story line was totally implausible” you get both my argument and my posture. In addition to my comment about the movie I’m saying [...]
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