Interim Review: Going Nucular

Yes, yes, I know I'm meant to be reading To the Lighthouse.  I'll get there, but it involves a trip to the library and setting up a membership and blah blah.  In the meantime, I picked up Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Confrontational Times by Geoffrey Nunberg.  This was one of Tim's recommendations, and, conveniently, it was living on our shared bookshelf.

And I LOVE it.  Love love love.  I'd not heard of Nunberg before, though he has a regular spot on NPR's 'Fresh Air', but he's excellent: smart, funny and with lots of insight into the uses of language, particularly in public life.  I won't get into too much detail because I suspect I'll get through it pretty quickly and will return with a full review then, but go read it.  Absolutely.

XOXO