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When first released in 2013, Arnold Kling’s *The Three Languages of Politics* was a prescient exploration of political communication, detailing the “three tribal coalitions” that make up America’s political landscape. Progressives (liberals), conservatives, and libertarians, he argues, are “like tribes speaking different languages. As a result, political discussions do not lead to agreement. Instead, most political commentary serves to increase polarization.” Now available as a newly revised and expanded edition, *The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides*, could not be any timelier, as Americans — whether as media pundits or conversing at a party — talk past one another with even greater volume, heat, and disinterest in contrary opinions. An accessible, precise, and insightful guide on how to lower the barriers coarsening our politics, *The Three Languages of Politics* is not about one ideology over another. Instead, it is a book about how we communicate issues and ideologies, how language intended to persuade instead divides, and how that can be transcended. Kling offers a way to see through rhetorical blinders so we can incorporate new perspectives, nuances, and thinking into issues we must together share and resolve.

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