Orwell's Big Brother never showed up. Instead of centralized Iraq war propaganda, we have an America in which the public and the press jointly impose their own controls.
By Michael Massing Nov 6, 2007
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When war is peace and ignorance is strength. A selection from "The Collected Works of George Bush."
By Andrew Leonard
November 21, 2007
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A new book ventures to an impenetrable corner of the world to show how Burma shaped one of the 20th century's most important writers.
By Priya Jain
June 23, 2005
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In the brave new future, Big Brother will watch our every move. But that's OK, because we'll be watching him too.
By David Brin
August 4, 2004
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George Orwell's wartime columns have much in common with today's blogs: They were often trivial and idiosyncratic, but bore within them the seeds of something greater.
By Eric Weinberger
July 21, 2003
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In his interview on "Meet the Press," the president proved he has mastered the Orwellian art of duckspeak.
By Christopher Ketcham
February 10, 2004
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The Bush propaganda machine has convinced Americans that Saddam and the no-longer-mentioned Osama are the same person -- and the polls prove it.
By Kane Pryor
February 6, 2003
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Readers react to Salon's coverage of Bush's faith-based charities plan.
February 5, 2001
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The new biography glosses over the defiant, troubled life of the eerily prescient author of "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four."
By Benjamin Anastas
September 27, 2000
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TNT exec defends "Animal Farm" ad and film; adventurous travelers should be prepared for the worst; "open-source journalism" dates back to Oklahoma City bombing.
Letters to the Editor
October 15, 1999
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An ad for the made-for-TV movie "Animal Farm" gives a whole new meaning to the word "Orwellian."
By Gary Kamiya
October 8, 1999
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Strunk and White's much-revered "The Elements of Style" has sapped the life from American writing.
By George Rafael
September 2, 1999
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Richard E. Grant and Helena Bonham Carter shun middle-class mediocrity in, 'A Merry War,' the film adaptation of George Orwell's 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'.
By Charles Taylor
September 18, 1998
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A British investigative reporter who has
written about the International Olympic Committee shows how the head of the
IOC tries to prove, as he once said, that the IOC is more powerful than the
Catholic Church.
By Andrew Jennings
February 19, 1998
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