Politics ⁽²⁾

Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. —George Orwell, Politics and the English Language We’re…

On Saturday morning, I gathered with my family, enjoying time with neighbors. We made coffee, shared small talk, and watched as our children looked at an interactive globe we’d bought for our son’s birthday. You spin it around and point a little stylus at countries,…