George Orwell rightly diagnosed that the technique of modern totalitarians is to corrupt language.  If this were solely the technique of the left, then it would be bad enough.  Unfortunately, the right has picked it up as well.  Now communication has become impossible, and understanding has disappeared. Our political discourse is becoming controlled by linguistic tyrants who insist on nouns and adjectives that predetermine a conclusion by their very usage.  This is most noticeable concerning the Mideast. The Arabs tried this with their rejection of Israel.  Refusing to admit Israel's existence, they instead used the vacuously evasive term "The Zionist Entity."  I remember thinking as a young boy that the term was idiotic beyond belief.  Arabs refusing to name Israel would not make Israel disappear.  This is magical thinking – shutting one's eyes, stopping one's ears, and saying, "I can't hear...(Read Full Article)