George Orwell’s 1984 may as well have been referring to today’s Republican Party, which denies facts to support positions riddled with contradictions and hypocrisy.
Thomas Cangelosi
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The political indoctrination of parents
Recent restrictive legislation embraces censorship, the same failed strategy that caused the social mess foisted on public schools in the first place.
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A book for Putin and Trump: ‘Crime and Punishment’
Both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have a lot in common with Raskolnikov, Dostoevsky’s character in “Crime and Punishment.”
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A return to normal is an upside down idea
By overturning the “normal” values of an upside-down world, we may actually turn the world right-side-up.
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A case of national depression
According to a recent NBC news poll, when Americans were asked about the country’s present direction, the top answers were “downhill,” “divisive,” “negative,” “struggling,” “lost,” and “bad.” The poll also indicated that the public’s interest in the upcoming midterm election is down. In other words, many Americans feel pessimistic, conflicted, and powerless to change our […]