John’s boralogue begins the program by examining various methods by which words become weapons in the political arena, which are geared to achieve political outcomes rather than to do what is right or arrive at the best option in an issue. Truth simply isn’t the issue. Then Dr. Timothy Daughtry, Ph.D., author of Waking the Sleeping Giant, joins the program for an in-depth conversation about how hard-core progressives use language as a weapon and how these linguistic assaults can be defused. Finally, a number of listeners have asked us to examine the new phenomenon of bitcoins, so today we’re starting a bitcoin thread. In this first part we offer a primer on how bitcoins work. Kris Rivenburgh is author of Bitcoin Made Easy: The Easiest Guide to Bitcoin You Will Ever Read.