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George Orwell

When is a military dictator a freedom fighter?
When war is peace and ignorance is strength. A selection from "The Collected Works of George Bush."
Andrew Leonard Nov 21, 2007
We are the Thought Police
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
Orwell's Burmese days
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 Jun 23, 2005
Three cheers for the Surveillance Society!
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 Aug 4, 2004
George W. Bush, the doubleplusgood doublespeaker!
In his interview on "Meet the Press," the president proved he has mastered the Orwellian art of duckspeak.
By Christopher Ketcham Feb 10, 2004
Homage to Blogalonia
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 Jul 21, 2003
A national state of confusion
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 Feb 6, 2003
"Bringing faith to the West Wing" and "Base language"
Readers react to Salon's coverage of Bush's faith-based charities plan.
Feb 5, 2001
"Orwell" by Jeffrey Meyers
The new biography glosses over the defiant, troubled life of the eerily prescient author of "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four."
By Benjamin Anastas Sep 27, 2000
Letters to the Editor
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 Oct 15, 1999
Pig in the Gulag
An ad for the made-for-TV movie "Animal Farm" gives a whole new meaning to the word "Orwellian."
By Gary Kamiya Oct 8, 1999
Polite literature
Strunk and White's much-revered "The Elements of Style" has sapped the life from American writing.
By George Rafael Sep 2, 1999
How to get behind in advertising
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 Sep 18, 1998
Newsreal: Bigger than the pope
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 Feb 19, 1998
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