Lest anyone entertain the misguided notion that the political turmoil we’re experiencing is new and unique, let me refer you once more to the insight of George Orwell, who wrote the following 76 years ago, in 1949:

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
– George Orwell, “1984”

Perhaps it feels different today because the lies and the wind are amplified and disseminated exponentially by the modern media. But from the days of Julius Caesar’s forum, to the Spanish Inquisition’s tribunal, to Donald Trump’s bully pulpit, it’s all been the same.

Only the names and the choice of weapons have changed.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
12/23/25