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2 Dec 2013, 10:40 am
Anonymous speech has a long history in democratic societies, particularly when used by those whose politically contentious views might have put them ill-at-ease amongst their contemporaries (like Mark Twain, Voltaire, and George Orwell—all pen names). [read post]
"In newsrooms there is little patience for the use of a difficult word where a simpler one will do."
1 Dec 2013, 1:04 pm
"'Good prose is like a windowpane,' wrote George Orwell in his famous essay 'Why I Write,' a rule that would seem to counsel against ever stopping a reader with an unfamiliar word. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 1:02 am
Hastings quotes George Orwell in explaining that the only way to end a war quickly is to lose it. [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 12:51 pm
***This calls for a 2-part reading from George Orwell's "1984":The heirs of the French, English and American revolutions had partly believed in their own phrases about the rights of man, freedom of speech, equality before the law, and the like, and had even allowed their conduct to be influenced by them to some extent. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 7:09 am
No, it couldn’t be over because this was a 1984 George Orwell war with no end. [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 8:09 am
” That power of surveillance would eviscerate the Fourth Amendment, erode our core constitutional protections, and establish a dystopia not unlike those depicted in George Orwell’s 1984 and Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report. [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 8:16 am
Ironically, "1984" by George Orwell was rescinded from people’s ebooks in 2009. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 6:49 pm
Perhaps Emmanuel Goldstein, George Orwell’s “Brotherhood” character in his dystopian novel “1984″ was correct when he said: “The primary obligation of any prisoner is to escape. [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 6:13 am
As Martin Moore suggests in his piece on “George Orwell, The Daily Mail and Who Really Hates England” the way to deal with this kind of unacceptable content is not to ban it but to refuse to take the newspaper which makes it seriously. [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 12:48 am
And ‘Democracy Matters’, the leading group on the NO side, whose name is worthy of the doublethink of George Orwell’s 1984, suggests that a people’s free vote on the content of their Constitution is the equivalent of trampling on that document. [read post]
29 Sep 2013, 2:24 pm
It makes me think of George Orwell's 1984, as depicted in the movie with John Hurt and Richard Burton --a population that has taught itself not to think with home-schooling and religious indoctrination, reinforced by political demogogues who retain power and perks by figuratively beating the proletarian to a nonthinking mass that resents any attempt to act collectively for the greater good of the people. [read post]
27 Sep 2013, 8:10 pm
George Orwell Conflito: Guerra Civil Espanhola O Sr. [read post]
27 Sep 2013, 8:10 pm
George Orwell Conflito: Guerra Civil Espanhola O Sr. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 9:30 am
To be constructive, the writer points us to George Orwell’s six rules for writing (actually, five rules and a lecture) from a 1946 essay. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 9:30 am
To be constructive, the writer points us to George Orwell’s six rules for writing (actually, five rules and a lecture) from a 1946 essay. [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 4:13 pm
Here's the quintessential George Orwel. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 7:24 pm
(Paging George Orwell.)" [read post]
21 Jul 2013, 8:17 am
., such personal, en masse tracking makes George Orwell's novel 1984 seem quaint by comparison. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 4:58 am
— from Lifehacker Happy Birthday George Orwell, here's your surveillance society — from The Verge Common Law Invasion of Privacy Claims in Social Media — from Augmented LegalityHR & Employee Relations Restaurant Wars: Restrictive Covenants for Chefs & Tandoori Chicken Tikka — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog An Introduction to Background Checks for Employers — from ERC Insights Blog A cautionary tale about… [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 4:58 am
— from Lifehacker Happy Birthday George Orwell, here's your surveillance society — from The Verge Common Law Invasion of Privacy Claims in Social Media — from Augmented LegalityHR & Employee Relations Restaurant Wars: Restrictive Covenants for Chefs & Tandoori Chicken Tikka — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog An Introduction to Background Checks for Employers — from ERC Insights Blog A cautionary tale about… [read post]
