We Must Never Forget the Lessons of Orwell’s ‘1984’
August 17, 2013
In the wake of recent revelations that the NSA collects data on millions of Americans, sales of the centennial edition of George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
In the wake of recent revelations that the NSA collects data on millions of Americans, sales of the centennial edition of George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen
I truly believe that we who are riding the planet today have more of a fascination with and skill in word games and letter puzzles
San Diego was recently named the top philanthropic city in the U.S. by “Charity Navigator,” which analyzes and ranks the nation’s nonprofits. The word philanthropy
Mark Twain called it a good walk spoiled, and Oscar Wilde defined it as a man fanning a ball with a stick. The activity, of
As you might have inferred from last week’s column, which explored the influence of comic strips and comic books on our American language, I
Next week, Comic-Con returns to San Diego, where, back in August 1970, it began life in the basement of the U.S. Grant Hotel. That
Being both a bird watcher and a word botcher, I take my grandchildren every summer to the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, where we
The Second Continental Congress officially adopted our flag on June 14, 1777. The law read “that the flag of the 13 United States be 13
Dear Mr. Lederer: A U-T article headlined “Transgender woman sues BLM” included the following sentence: ‘Though she had drank two beers, she said she