On “Precrime”: A Minority Report
In Washington D. C., an elite law enforcement unit launches a new security initiative at a moment of general public anxiety and fear of evil doers. On the authority of a secret intelligence source that...
View ArticleThe War on Knowledge
(March 1, 2003) Within a few days, by custom, the time for political thinking in America will be over and the time for patriotic rallying around our troops will have begun. For their sake, and for the...
View ArticleCorrupt Language: Take Two
I’d like to continue to reflect on Walt’s theme. I agree with him that corrupt language–the constricted, distorted, euphemized, and formulaic terms to which “respectable” public discussion is confined...
View ArticleCorrupt Language: Take One
There is a great deal of outcry about big money corrupting elections, and we need more outcry until some semblance of democracy can be restored. [On this topic, see B. D. Fischer's October 20 Public...
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