Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues. ~ from a prayer by Thomas Jefferson I love Article 3 of Spain's constitution, ratified in December 1978: El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de conocerla y el derecho a usarla. That is, "Castilian is the official Spanish language of the State. All Spaniards have the duty to know it and the right to use it." Spaniards strike me as cosmopolitan folk, yet their organic law ordains uniformity with regard to language. … Continue reading A Spanish Lesson for America