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Orwell long ago recognized that
imprecise, inaccurate, and euphemized language is a bane to clear
thought and effective action. So it is with the "war on terror."
Via the smartest woman in the world,
go read Jonathan Rauch on jihadism.
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A Greenpeace founder advocates
building nuclear power plants. Why? Well,
"because nuclear energy may just be the
energy source that can save our planet from another possible disaster:
catastrophic climate change."
Okay, so global warming hysteria is good for something.
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And in a masterpiece of blog
brevity, Jed Babbin quotes Eleanor Roosevelt
on the Marines, examines whether it's dismissive to call Katie Couric
"perky", compares religious
reaction to authors Salman Rushdie and Dan Brown, and
provides a link to that great 70's song that
I've only just now heard for the first time, "Go On
Home You Foreign Communist". I'm in awe.
Apr
17
2006
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