Why I still like Orwell’s “Pol... Note

Why I still like Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” essay (even though he gets some of the linguistics wrong)

Brett Reynolds writes: I liked the two-column move in your Orwell post. It seems genuinely useful. I wondered, though, about the choice of Orwell as patron saint for the argument. The central point in your post seems stronger than Orwell’s …