Language is probably the best window we have on the workings of the human mind. Language gives us the extraordinary ability to describe the contents of our thoughts, an ability that no other animal has. Of course there are many unconscious aspects to cognition that we cannot talk about, but these properties are apparently also reflected in what we say. The units of language Ñ elements of form, words, grammatical patterns, conventions of usage Ñ are in some sense also units of cognition. The implication is that the study of what all languages share is also the study of what it is to be human, something that is certainly an important topic for any educated person. What is this about? The Code and then Letter of then Foot Senate Hearings suggested its Transformative Agency be earmarked for the new incoming House Majority leader John A. Boehner our most senior rep. from Ohio. $2.4 billion dollars was at stake.