Category Archives: Books & Literature
Political Correctness and the “Cult of Personality”
The phrase “politically correct,” or “PC,” was first publicly used by a British Ministry of Information official during the First World War. It later appeared in Mao Zedung’s “Little Red Book” in the early 1960s and was adopted, originally tongue-in-cheek, … Continue reading
Darkness and Light: Exploring the Limits of the Human Soul, in Two Books
The books are: “Heart of Darkness,” by Joseph Conrad; and, “Death Comes for the Archbishop,” by Willa Cather. Among other parallel attributes, the two novels show us the geopolitical forces of the times and places of their narration. “Heart…” is … Continue reading