Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Revisiting Neil Postman's bet on Huxley over Orwell.

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My old friend John Campbell posted on Facebook: "Aldous Huxley was right, not George Orwell." Before repeating John's quoted p...
Monday, May 20, 2019

"Nineteen Eighty-Four remains the book we turn to when truth is mutilated, when language is distorted, when power is abused, when we want to know how bad things can get."

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The book is The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984 , and The Guardian offers a preview. Nothing but the truth: th...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Amid the vapid intellectual carnage inflicted by pay-to-play Gahanism, it's worth thinking about George Orwell's fundamental truthfulness.

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(adapted from a 2016 post) The embedded video above, complete with photo of George Orwell wearing a bizarrely uncharacteristic Hitler mu...
Friday, December 08, 2017

Gahan Doublespeak Blues (Husqvarna Mix): Say goodbye to your trees, Mt. Tabor Road residents, because it's time again to "improve the tree canopy" by flattening a few hundred of them.

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Develop New Albany welcomes Summit Springs to the donor list. Team Gahan has developed its own  peculiar localized variant of Newspeak ...
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Friday, August 11, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: The Moon Under Water -- so, how does Orwell's perfect pub look today?

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In my view, George Orwell's description of his favorite pub is an English-language classic. It is a compelling, dreamy vision. My...
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Mr. Disney's club has a laser focus, which may even have to do with a minor issue or two.

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Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolu...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Amid the local intellectual carnage, it's worth thinking about George Orwell's fundamental truthfulness.

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The embedded video, complete with photo of George Orwell wearing a bizarre Hitler mustache, features Christopher Hitchens and George Pac...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Sunday morning coffee reading: "Why Orwell was a literary mediocrity."

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The author does not begrudge Orwell's talents. Rather, he feels "less well-disposed to those mediocrities who slavishly worship at ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and right about now.

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An article quite good with coffee in front of the fire on a chilly November Sunday. Aldous Huxley, CS Lewis and JFK all died on the same d...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013

The Publican on megaswill and doublespeak, at LouisvilleBeer.com

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When they talk smack, they need to be smacked down. It helps them learn. Tom Long is Full of Something, and it Ain’t Craft Beer ...
Sunday, February 14, 2010

New York Times: "Why Orwell Endures."

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A collection of George Orwell’s essays proved to be the surprise reading hit of my Christmas vacation. I picked it up at the library book sa...
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