When we talk about politics, we often aren't talking about the same things. We talk past each other as though some of us spoke Urdu and others Swahili, few of us actually absorbing what those from different perspectives are saying and thinking. And we seldom admit we misunderstand each other. What is an "elite" and who is in it? Who is a "patriot" and what makes them so? What is the "media" and does it (or they) have an agenda - and if so what is it?Read this book and you'll have a better handle on what other people are saying - and what they think you're trying to tell them.