Pat Oliphant for December 18, 2013
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George Orwell writes his literary agent. Book outline: Chronology, early 21st century, huge out-of-control govt agency employs massive advances in technology to intercept phone calls made by ordinary citizens to collect data under guise of National Security....
As we enter another election year, it’s time to tune up our Baloney Detectors. Two useful chapters in the maintenance manual: .George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language.”Donna Woolfolk Cross, “Propaganda: How Not to be Bamboozled.”