Truth and Tall Tales

A miscellany of book reviews, rambles, opinions and outright lies

Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2025

The “radical left” left

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When Charlie Kirk was killed in Utah, Donald Trump blamed it on the “radical left”. He blames the radical left for other things too. During...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Towering Babble

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  Back in 1946, George Orwell expressed his doubts about,  Politics and the English Language in an essay with that title. If he was correct...
Friday, March 05, 2021

Orwell and the costs of free speech

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  "We are living Orwell's 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what’s left is only there for a...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Help, I'm a cop

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Burmese Days George Orwell Fiction, 291 pages  "It's a drag being a cop" ~ Frank Zappa, "Help, I'm a rock" Geo...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

All art is propaganda

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Propaganda refers to the use of persuasive information to influence public opinion. Such information is often distorted, based on rumors and...
Friday, July 17, 2009

Online spelling and grammar

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Yo, Illiterate! Yes, I mean you. I suppose you figure that you don’t need to proofread your writing before you post it online. You think I w...
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