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Brecht on Speaking Truth to Power
Monday A Bertolt Brecht poem came to mind when Retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven came to the defense of former CIA Director John Brennan, stripped of his security clearance by a Donald Trump...
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Trump’s Transcript & the Ministry of Truth
London’s Senate House inspired Orwell’s Ministry of Truth Wednesday The current impeachment investigation began with a whistleblower’s complaint, followed up by a transcript of a phone call between...
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Citing Orwell, Judge Rules against Trump
Scene from Animal Farm Tuesday George Orwell made an appearance yesterday when a judge ruled that White House employees cannot blow off Congress. You probably can guess which line from Animal Farm the...
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How Trump’s GOP Enforces Loyalty
Wednesday In 1984 I was on a faculty panel discussing George Orwell’s famous novel. At the time I was critical, describing it as a paranoid scream and confidently asserting that it had little...
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GOP Epitaph: “He Loved Big Brother”
Friday The House may have impeached Donald Trump Wednesday night, but Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has a point when he says that Trumpism prevailed. That’s because Trump has managed to turn...
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1984, the Novel That Never Gets Old
Thursday Tim O’Brien of Bloomberg had a perfect response to a threat the other day from Lindsey Graham, Trump sycophant and senator from South Carolina. He simply tweeted out a passage from George...
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GOP’s New Math: 2 + 2 = 5
O’Brien “cures” Winston in 1984 Tuesday Suddenly it’s not only liberal bloggers like myself who are invoking George Orwell’s 1984 to depict today’s GOP. About Donald Trump’s recent contention that...
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Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas
A Polish protestor protests new Poland abortion ban Tuesday I still can’t believe the Supreme Court is allowing Texas to take away women’s abortion rights while encouraging its citizens to become...
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Sadly, “1984” Remains Relevant
Still from 1984 Wednesday As I look back at important political developments in 2021, the continuing rise of authoritarian governments around the world ranks up there with Covid-19. While the United...
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