All posts tagged "George Orwell"

A federal judge quoted author George Orwell in a recent ruling against the Trump administration that orders White House staff to preserve records.

U.S. District Judge John Bates granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday that requires most White House employees to preserve presidential and vice presidential records. The 54-page decision opened with a line from Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.

"Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past," Bates opened. "Perhaps with that lesson in mind, Congress enacted laws to ensure that government records are created, preserved, and made available to the public." ...

Once considered the mark of an underclass of criminals, prostitutes, bikers, seafarers and those inhabiting the margins of society, the tattoo is now à la mode. Samantha Cameron, the British prime minister's wife, has one – a dolphin just below the ankle; Charlize Theron has a fish on her leg and a flower on her foot; Angelina Jolie and David Beckham have too many to mention.

Cobwebs cover its furniture and its rooms are long deserted, but a crumbling house in northern Myanmar is at the centre of a conservation battle by locals who say it was once home to George Orwell.

Big brother is watching -- sales of George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984" have skyrocketed in the wake of revelations of US government surveillance.