Here is the list. How many of these have you read? 1. “The Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats (485,583 checkouts) 2. “The Cat in the Hat,” by Dr. Seuss (469,650) 3. “1984,” by George Orwell (441,770) 4. “Where the...
George Orwell
“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QPH0Q7ceR0&w=560&h=315] It seems like George Orwell was about thirty-five years too early. Read here. Orwell wrote in 1984: “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” Trump is not only attempting to control the past by lying...
George Orwell's *1984* Hits #1 on Amazon
CNN is reporting that Penguin Publishers, the publishers of the “Signet Classic” edition of George Orwell’s classic 1984, can’t keep up with demand for the book. As I write this it is #1 at Amazon.com A taste: On Tuesday evening and...
Orwell, Paterno, and the NCAA
Joe Paterno won 409 games as a head football coach. That is a historical fact that cannot be erased. Yet in doling out sanctions to Penn State, the NCAA has made an attempt to erase the past. According to Northwestern...