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3 Nov 2008, 5:20 pm
George Orwell advised writers to avoid using the passive voice unnecessarily; see my article, Why George Orwell's Ideas About Language Still Matter for Lawyers, on his advice to writers. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 10:20 am
Listening to former NY Lieutenant Governor/propagandist extraordinaire Betsy McCaughey discuss health care can be a little like watching an SNL skit written by George Orwellâ€â [read post]
SCIENCE FICTION UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH HOYT, whose novel Darkship Thieves has won a Prome…
5 Jul 2011, 11:56 am
Richly deserved, in my opinion, and she can be happy in the company of fellow winner George Orwell. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 11:54 am
George Orwell once said, "History is written by the winners. [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 7:10 am
Radley Balko has some thoughts on the anniversary of Tiannenmen Square: George Orwell said, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human faceâ€â [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 2:08 pm
In 1946 George Orwell wrote a piece called In Front of Your Nose in which he famously said that “[t]o see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle. [read post]
5 Jan 2021, 8:45 am
That amount would include $4.41 million in copyright damages and $11.2 million in trademark damages. 3: George Orwell is Out of Copyright. [read post]
8 May 2020, 11:25 am
Published in 1985, Postman’s thesis is that Huxley in Brave New World, not George Orwell in his dystopian novel 1984, more accurately predicted life in... [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 5:56 pm
George Orwell would have marvelled at the name, “The Center for Consumer Freedom. [read post]
20 May 2022, 11:43 am
The event's theme is 'Thrive with Security,' which must violate at least some George Orwell IP. [read post]
18 Mar 2019, 2:10 pm
Here is the abstract: George Orwell‘s dystopia, with the ever-watchful Big... [read post]
21 Jun 2009, 1:41 pm
DEMOLITION MAN TRAILER MINORITY REPORT George Orwell - 1984 "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 6:09 pm
Here is the abstract: From the Fourth Amendment to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, our law and... [read post]
6 Aug 2009, 11:09 pm
Amazon could defend itself from a class-action lawsuit over its decision to delete digital editions of two George Orwell books from Kindle reading devices by arguing that trespass law does not apply to electronic appliances which are connected to their vendors. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 8:18 am
George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm. [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 6:29 am
Amazon.com is trying to put that unfortunate "1984" decision behind it by offering replacement copies of those George Orwell titles to customers who lost theirs when the company zapped them from Kindles earlier this summer. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 6:00 pm
George Orwell’s literary executor is accusing Amazon.com of doublespeak. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 6:50 am
"The idea that Israel should do so did not originate among the masses but among the educated intelligentsia," writes Thomas Sowell in a column that cries out for the old George Orwell quotation: "Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 11:59 am
The term “good bad books†originates with George Orwell, I think: He used it to refer to low-brow books that lacked the academic or cultural pretension of great literature but nevertheless were irresistibly fun for intelligent people to read. [read post]
25 Oct 2006, 7:24 pm
As Rutgers professor William Lutz — himself described as the "George Orwell of the Plain Language Movement" — writes, "Language is power, period. [read post]
