Bill Rice writes for the American Thinker about dangerous twists in our language. Of all the elements of today’s “New Normal,” the most ominous is the “reform” that effectively changed…
It is as if American vocabularies have lost the ability and terms to make the fine distinctions needed for drawing richer, fuller distinctions.
Robert VerBruggen of National Review Online explains why it’s not the academy’s role to change the definition of “racism.” Some academics who study racial matters use the word “racism” to…
Beware of government agencies’ misuse of language and media outlets’ failure to detect and correct that misuse. Today’s edition of the Raleigh News & Observer offers a great example. RALEIGH…
A meeting convened in Hendersonville to celebrate “accepting, funding, and supporting sustainable economic developments.” Using words this way, potable water would become a liquid deadly until treated. Commendable would mean…
Gene Epstein‘s latest “Economic Beat” column in Barron’s explores the impact of the frequent misuse of language in political and economic debates. “THE SLOVENLINESS OF our language makes it easier…
Victor Davis Hanson uses his latest National Review Online column to document the negative impact of recent changes in language used to describe key aspects of American public policy. First…
I just rediscovered this great quote from the late Joseph Sobran, controversial pundit and National Review editor until he was canned for allegedly having anti-semitic views, although I have heard…
Using the word “excited” is not news.
I’ve struggled with this for a long time, but this morning I think I figured out what the word “racist” means these days. It is somebody who believes in order…
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Political doublespeak is not fooling anybody. For example: Unintended consequences = effect, as in “cause and effect.” Deregulation = perks for friends of government. Fairness = unfairness. Security = violation…