Bestest Words

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.With truth-telling now needed more than ever, here are challenges to disinformation, misinformation, and the word-salad of public figures, social media, and mass media.Packed with personal perspectives to encourage hope, humor, and leadership. 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.