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Words As Weapons... And Medicine, Too

Basic Books

Tired of the rhetoric in this year's political campaigns?  There's a lot more of it coming, and some of it might be uplifting. 

If you take that optimistic viewpoint, you'll likely have company in British writer and editor Sam Leith.  He views the high and low points of the history of persuasive speech in his book Words Like Loaded Pistols

From Cicero to Simpson (Homer), it's a rich history.  Sam Leith visits with some of the highlights.   

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.