Posts Tagged ‘religion’
On torture, from around the blogosphere
It is a topic of distraction, in part because of the news, and in part because of my most recent piece.
Here’s an insightful look at what the bureacratization of language does to experience, from William’s Dispatches
The danger of bullshit euphemisms is that they actively obscure meaning. Common usage can’t afford to beat around the [...]
Errata
While I was there, at the Atlantic website, I nabbed this little quotelet from Andrew Sullivan’s blog, where he bestowed upon the Times the moniker Correction of the Day:
“A headline last Sunday about a Muslim man and an Orthodox Jewish woman who are partners in two Dunkin’ Donuts stores described their religions incorrectly. The two [...]
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