Abby Zimet: Gobsmacking Fabulists ‘R Us
For the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot that almost toppled democracy (more quickly than now), the hacks and crackpots in power have concocted a deranged revisionist history.
January 8, 2026 · 3 Comments
Aviva Chomsky: The Nightmare in Gaza
Weaponizing Antisemitism as a Shield to Enable Genocide
August 12, 2025 · 10 Comments
Abby Zimet: Slouching Towards Fascism With DeSantis’ Election Police
Even as the Senate bitterly, implausibly debates fundamental voting rights that not long ago were deemed non-negotiable, Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking Orwell’s “1984” and running with it into … Continue reading
January 20, 2022 · 4 Comments
Adam Johnson: 6 Elements of Police Spin — An Object Lesson in Copspeak
. The linguistic gymnastics needed to report on police violence without calling up images of police violence is a thing of semantic wonder. Officers don’t shoot, they are merely “involved” … Continue reading
February 5, 2018 · Leave a comment
Marc Jampole: Sanitizing Evil
Like the Nazis & other evil-doers, American torture apologists use language to sanitize evil How do we know that those who are defending the American torture program under the presidency … Continue reading →