Politics and the English Language
Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
And then:
- To Whom It May Concern I was run over by the truth one day. Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way So stick my...
- March for the Alternative Among the nearly half million protestors who came to London yesterday to March for the Alternative, there were actually a...
- Catch 22 “They’re trying to kill me,” Yossarian told him calmly. “No one’s trying to kill you,” Clevinger cried. “Then why are...
- The Brothers Karamazov I believe that you are sincere and good at heart. If you do not attain happiness, always remember that you...
- Television The television was showing the same American series we ourselves were watching in the Schweinfurth’s living room, such that, as...
- South of the Border, West of the Sun “Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west,...