1984

The Opposite of Voyeurism: Why People Twitter

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: 1984, Friends, Twitter, Digg, Second Life, Cavemen, Facebook, Culture, Friendship, Internet, Loneliness, Youtube, Robert Scoble, Dystopian Films, Blogging, Living News

Observing large-scale technological phenomena informs us about where the culture's at these days; Twitter might indicate that people are lonely.

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Eternal Truths

David Horton | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Literature, Climate Change, George Orwell, Thomas Mann, 1984, Importance of Reading, George Orwell 1984, Reading, Politics News

The act of reading takes the author's words and absorbs them in a way that reflects the reader's age and experience.

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Tim Robbins on Orwell, Obama and the Media

Kasia Anderson | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media

Read More: 1984, George Orwell, Tim Robbins, Media News

Tim Robbins spoke with me about the theater adaptation of 1984, campaign '08, some welcome sea changes he sees happening in the media, and his own future prospects.

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Beijing 2008 and Tibet: The Orwellian Games

Chris McGowan | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: China Tibet Crackdown, 1984, Beijing Olympics, Tibetan Protesters, Uighur, Tibet, China Tibet, George Orwell, Lhasa, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Politics News

When protesters disrupted the Olympic-flame procession in London, the whole world watched -- except for the Chinese, who witnessed an absolutely serene, protest-free journey of the torch.

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Gods Made in Our Image: Politicians As Entertainers

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1984, Politics, Presidential Race, Neil Postman, George Orwell, A Face in the Crowd, Aldous Huxley, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Orwell, Huxley, Politics News

Television politics does not attempt to convey who might be best at being president but rather who has the best slogans and can get the best ratings.

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The Superdelegates' Dilemma

Hilary Rosen | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Delegates, Brokered Convention, Obama, Clinton, Superdelegates, Democratic Convention, Democratic Primary, Emanuel, 1984, Obama Superdelegates, Gary Hart Superdelegates, Clinton Superdelegates, Gary Hart, Democratic Superdelegates, Super Delegates, Gary Hart 1984, Donna Brazile Superdelegates, Donna Brazile, Politics News

I have talked to many Democratic SuperDelegates in the last few days and the one thing they all have in common -- they don't want to use their supervote.

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Arianna Discussing Rove's Attack on History with Keith Olbermann

Huff TV | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: 1984, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, George Orwell, Karl Rove Iraq, Politics News

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Ministry Of Truth Helpfully Redefines Privacy

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: 1984, National Intelligence, Private, George Orwell, Wiretapping, Wiretap, Donald Kerr, Ministry of Truth, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Newspeak, Big Brother, Privacy, Electronic Freedom Foundation, Minitru, Eff, Politics News

The new meaning of the word "privacy" will now be (according to MiniTru): "the secure feeling citizens get by knowing that their government is collecting and protecting their personal data."

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Facebook.com: Increasingly Overbearing and Terrible

Nick Antosca | Posted 11.09.2007 | Media

Read More: 1984, Fandango, Facebook, Media News

There are still uses for Facebook but the signal-to-noise ratio just keeps getting nastier.

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Bring on the Clones!

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: 1984, Politics News

Conformity is taking over our world. Fear it not; in its milder form, it was known as Democracy.

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Newspeak and the New War in Iran

Gareth Porter | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: 1984, Petraeus Report, Petraeus Evidence, Mahdi Army, War With Iran, George Orwell, Sunni, Shiite, Iran, Newspeak, General Petraeus, Evidence, Politics News

In the fast-morphing war in Iraq, "evidence" has taken on an expansive new meaning.

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