Tag Archives: USSR

Back in the USSR

Posted on October 14, 2009 by

Been away so long I hardly knew the place Gee, it’s good to be back home Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case Honey disconnect the phone I’m back in the USSR You don’t know how lucky you are, … Continue reading →

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Political Correctness and the “Cult of Personality”

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

The phrase “politically correct,” or “PC,” didn’t begin in the 1960s in the USA. It 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” … Continue reading →

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