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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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...

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional...

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional...

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...

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

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...

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...

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want...

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want...

Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its...

Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its...

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the...

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the...

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...

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with...

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with...

The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family...

The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family...

Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are...

Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are...

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they...

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they...

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature...

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature...

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the...

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the...

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...

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to...

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to...