A Review of:Silence and Democracy: Athenian Politics in Thucydides' History, by John G. ZumbrunnenThe Politics of Sincerity: Plato, Frank Speech, and Democratic Judgment, by Elizabeth Markovits: University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. 200 + viii pp. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. 234 + x pp. - Michael Svoboda (Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 2009)