Last summer I read a history of the CIA by Tim Weiner called "Legacy of Ashes." Just yesterday it won a National Book Award for History.
Until I picked up "Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy," by Pulitzer-winner Charlie Savage, Legacy of Ashes was the most frightening expose of the falsehoods of America I'd ever encountered. Takeover makes Legacy look like Peter Rabbit. You can read the NYTimes review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/books/25kaku.html
I bring this up because this blog is also about the decline of the English language. And in the hands of dishonest people, language can kill. And destroy a country.
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