Doublespeak at Doublespeed. Don't Believe What You Know.
What we are being told is far-flung from the truth, but can we change it?
If you haven’t read George Orwell’s prescient novel, 1984, now is the time. It may be long past the time. But as the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, and the second-best time is now. So if you haven’t read this book, count this as the second-best time, and start reading.
I first read this Orwellian masterpiece when I was in…