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Seventeenth-century poet and intellect John Milton predicted, “When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved, it is followed by their ruin and degradation.” Gore Vidal, his 20th-century intellectual successor, elaborated saying: “As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate.” Sloppy language permits people to get away with speaking and doing all manner of destructive nonsense without being challenged.
Read more(Hayden Ludwig is an investigative researcher at the Capital Research Center in Washington, D.C.)
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“Hate paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it; Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”
Read moreMy ancestors were slaves. I am not ashamed of that because that didn’t deter my family from pursuing the American Dream of freedom. Neither did it make us distrust democracy, capitalism or the rule of law. We view them as rungs on a ladder.
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Artie Doris Geeslin was born Aug. 30, 1926, to Joseph Everett and Minnie (Thomas) Langley in Oakdale, Tenn.
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/Edited 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22/
How many confirmed cases of COVID-19 does it take to temporarily shut down a high school's football and volleyball programs?
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Kingfisher High School senior Cayman Matson was named the seventh National Merit Scholarship semifinalist in the history of the school last week.
Read moreSurprisingly most of the Hennessey Public School students who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 “are in fifth grade and down,” Superintendent Dr. Mike Woods said at the Sept. 15 school board meeting.
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