One of the most disturbing and dangerous recent developments in American society has been the increase in words supporting authoritarianism along with threats of violence against anyone who gets in ...

Every schoolboy knows George Orwell’s famous essay on “Politics and the English Language” (1946), the point of which is that politics misuses language, and injures it in the process. You don’t have to ...

It’s happening everywhere: Americans hear something over the internet, social media, or television, and they become immediately angry and hostile. It is Pavlov’s Dog on steroids. They do not check to ...

Every election cycle, we are surrounded by highly politicized talk via ads and social media as well as from relatives, friends and neighbors. Certain behaviors have also become linked to people’s ...

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Linguistics professors and other academic experts discussed the political misuse of language and the current state of public discourse in a March 14 event. The panelists began by discussing political ...

Not a single day passes without some conspicuous and direct reference to how divided our society is at present. This is not just in the daily news cycle that captures snippets of commentary from ...

This is a column about how to become involved in politics. Wait! Keep reading! Yes, you! Even if you've never voted, contributed to a candidate, or feel that politics is, like sex and religion, just ...