We all noticed the extraordinary surge in the use of 'diverse' and 'diversity' in public speech. Popular as they are, these are not words used by people during their 'normal' conversations with friends and family. Following a trend observed in communist societies, we are witnessing a phenomenon the communist dissidents were calling 'the wooden tongue' - a language using 'special' words and concepts to express ideas that no one would care to express under normal circumstances but which would be essential concepts and 'burning issues' whenever one would speak in an artificial and controlled 'public' setting meant to educate (read...