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1984 in 2024: Orwell Was Right | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 7 days agoAmericans still read George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. Its protagonist is Winston Smith, a...
Walters: California restaurants seek exemption from new hidden fees laws
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA new law requires restaurants and other consumer businesses to fully declare their prices up front...
Tune in Tonight: Let’s party like it’s 1984 - The Republic News
The Republic News· 5 days agoFor years after the publication of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, the notion of the year 1984 loomed as a fearful vision of the future ...
Haunted by the Thought Police
The Day· 2 days agoFor months, I had nightmares about the novel's Thought Police who monitored any possible sin against the totalitarian state of Big Brother. Seventh grade was a very confusing time. The magical ...
Ritchie Torres vs. the Left
New Republic· 5 days ago“The idea that we should have monitors—what is this, George Orwell’s 1984?” asked Ben-Ami, who said such a concept was antithetical to ...
What's Up With MAGA's Efforts to Track Your Data?
Brenham Banner-Press· 5 days agoDescription: Choose your fighter U.S. MAGA edition: Gilead vs. George Orwell’s 1984
Project 2025’s threat to democracy
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAccording to an NBC News report last month, voters must decide a multitude of issues about Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the independent presidential...
Acting alone, San Antonio school librarians are ousting books
San Antonio Express-News· 3 days agoForced to comply with a new state law barring sexually explicit content and targeted by pressure...
This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
Los Angeles Daily News· 6 days agoSee the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Moleskin
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days ago"Flip the numbers" doesn't have quite the same ring. PRINCE (43A: "Purple Rain" singer) "Purple...