CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

1. Lost for Words

2. That Glib and Oily Art

3. There You Go Again

4. Spin and Counterspin

5. Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?

6. An Unhealthy Debate

7. How to Fix a Broken Public Language

8. Sentences That Sell

9. Commit It to the Flames

10. War

11. The Abolition of Public Language

12. Keep Calm But Don’t Carry On

Afterthoughts and Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Copyright