George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

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Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of...

Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of...

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us...

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us...

We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.

We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism,...

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism,...

A society that has made ostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates...

A society that has made ostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates...

Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as...

Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as...

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate...

Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate...

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a...

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a...

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a...

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a...

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with...

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with...

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect...

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect...

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a...

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a...

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion...

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion...

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is...

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is...

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass...

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass...

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.