https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/12/08/some-things-you-cant-say/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 13:03:10 -0400<![CDATA[Most readers will be familiar with George Orwell&#8217;s concept of Newspeak, that diabolical instrument of totalitarian control that focuses on the primary instrument humans use to understand and communicate about the world they share: language. Newspeak, Orwell explains in 1984, operates &#8220;partly by the invention of new words, but chiefly by eliminating undesirable words and by stripping such words as remained or unorthodox meanings.&#8221;]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:17:15 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/12/08/some-things-you-cant-say-n115401