Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds

“Political correctness” has taken politeness and turned it into a weapon of censorship and intimidation. In the workplace, on social media, and even at the dinner table, Americans are confronted daily with a laundry list of words they're “not allowed” to say-and that list is updated constantly and without warning.

How did so absurd a concept become so dangerous-and come to dominate our public discourse over the last quarter-century?

In Speechless, #1 nationally bestselling author and politica...