I’d never really thought about it before, but there are quite a few songs that feature “stutter” lyrics. Why is it done? Emphasis, I think, and perhaps just in the name of variety. Songwriters and lyricists like to use different … Continue reading →
Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is a work of genius. But I think its greatest element of genius lies in Orwell’s basic insight about the left’s use of language as a tool for leading the public to believe a very bad thing … Continue reading →
Commenter “Philip Sells” asks a good question: Does not Orwell’s concept of Newspeak presuppose something like Sapir-Whorf? And commenter “Frederick” responds this way: Yeah, it did, which lessened the book a bit for me…Reading it now is a little jarring… … Continue reading →
At the time, it was looked on as something rather scandalous. This headline at Reuters tries to turn it into a Republican attack on Obama: “Obama seeks to blunt Republican attack over comment.” An excerpt: President Barack Obama said on … Continue reading →
… in the future, it may be that you’re not to be mentioned on the floor of the House. It’ll be “parent” and “sibling” for us all: Proposed changes to the rules of the House of Representatives would “honor all … Continue reading →
The school system in Burbank, California has added the following five books to its “banned in Burbank” list: Until further notice, teachers in the area will not be able to include on their curriculum Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, … Continue reading →
“Why is it so hard to see the truth?” Because it contradicts the narrative. Because propaganda works. Because a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its boots on. I’ve cued up the … Continue reading →
A number of people wondered if the video I featured yesterday of Joe Biden bloopers from a speech he made recently in Pennsylvania was authentic or whether it had been doctored to make him sound worse. I became curious, and … Continue reading →
In the debate last night when Trump referred to “coyotes” – the slang word for smugglers of would-be illegal immigrants from Latin America – a lot of people mocked him for thinking that the actual animal known as the coyote … Continue reading →
Of course they do – because they believe (correctly IMHO) that they can get away with it. They do it in unison, even though it’s a preposterous notion to use the phrase in this novel way – to mean appointing … Continue reading →
Get up to speed on the new meaning of such terms that sound good but have been redefined to mean something quite different: We’re being lied to, and it’s been costing us a fortune, both economically and socially. For most … Continue reading →
Jonathan Turley has this to say on the subject: “Silence is violence” has everything that you want in a slogan: Alliteration. Brevity. Simplicity. It also can be chilling for some in the academic and free-speech communities. On one level, it … Continue reading →