Power of Words Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:39:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Power of Words Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 Writer’s Block https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-writers-block/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:34:17 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=10321 Wasn’t it fortunate and timely, I thought, that just when words started to be the news — as opposed to simply being used to record and report the news —…

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]]> Words Under Threat https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-words-under-threat/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:56:22 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=9629 My instinctive reaction to the broad, undifferentiated cuts to federal departments and programs was skepticism and distress. Would the cuts affect the cleanliness of our air and water, the safety…

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]]> Keeping Our Word in the Face of Meta’s Changes https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-keeping-our-word-in-the-face-of-metas-changes/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:21:16 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=9487 When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he reinstated accounts of people who frequently had plied misinformation on the site, and he seemed unconcerned about the platform’s takeover by people with…

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]]> Fed Up with Lies https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-fed-up-with-lies/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:50:36 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8926 As flood waters swirled around people’s homes and yards along with spiraling rumors and disinformation about emergency rescue services, I became fed up — fed up with the lies that…

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]]> Dignity or Contempt? How One Simple Tool Could Transform America’s Dialogue https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-dignity-or-contempt-how-one-simple-tool-could-transform-americas-dialogue/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:31:43 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8850 After two assassination attempts against former President Trump and unease in Springfield, Ohio, after false accusations that immigrants there were eating pets, it’s the right time to think about toning…

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]]> The Death of Truth https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-the-death-of-truth/ Tue, 28 May 2024 22:21:07 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8414 The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” — George Orwell Starting on May 30, Planet Word is launching the first…

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