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Jeff Minick

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  • Verbicide: The Language of Politics and the Politics of Language

    Verbicide: The Language of Politics and the Politics of Language2

    On his blog A Pilgrim in Narnia, Brenton Dickieson tells us that C.S. Lewis in his Studies in Words defined “verbicide” as the “murder of words.” Dickieson adds that “Lewis has some similar concerns as George Orwell in his ‘Politics and the English Language.’ Words can be politicized or bent into the service of those

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  • Two Atheists, Two Films, and Their Call to Virtue

    Two Atheists, Two Films, and Their Call to Virtue1

    The 1966 movie A Man for All Seasons depicts the Lord Chancellor of England Thomas More (Paul Scofield) in his final years when he opposed Henry VIII’s divorce and refused to take the oath declaring Henry the supreme head of the Church of England. The king imprisoned More in the Tower of London. Tried in

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  • An Evil as Old as Eden

    An Evil as Old as Eden2

    Writer Naomi Wolf is not the first person one would expect to speak out against the left-wing agenda that has taken over American politics and culture. For nearly her entire life, Wolf was a respected denizen of the left. Twenty years ago, her book The Beauty Myth brought her money and renown. She belonged to

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  • It’s Time to Play Hardball With China

    It’s Time to Play Hardball With China0

    Are Americans finally waking up to the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China? If so, they can accelerate that reveille call by picking up a copy of retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham’s new book, When China Attacks: A Warning to America. Newsham has spent much of his life in the Indo-Pacific region. He

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