Doublespeak

Years ago I was working in a government agency that received a large infusion of money as part of a Defense Department build-up.  Overnight, the key to being judged a good executive became one’s ability to spend money.  Heaven help the manager who failed to spend all the money in his allotment; and in Orwellian […]

Orwellian Doubletalk

II owe the following thoughts to Steven Hayward, a senior resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkely,  Hayward contributes his observations to various conservative publications. Hayward quoted a recent ABC newscast that reported “Protesters in California set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful […]