We have posted on the topic of intangible patrimony and include it in our explanation of entrepreneurial conservation; the topic extends to our interest in reading and the liberal arts. Below is a link to an op-ed piece published today, penned by a savvy academic whose primary focus is language, that we consider worthy of the brief reading time, even if you are not a language fanatic:

GRAY MATTER

Why Save a Language?

By JOHN McWHORTER

Hint: It’s not to preserve a different way of seeing the world.