Some complain that “Orwellian” has become the most overused phrase in current political discourse, but I beg to disagree. Although George Orwell succumbed to tuberculosis — and perhaps political ...

1984 isn’t just a dystopian novel — it mirrors aspects of the potential future of the world I find myself in. Briefly, 1984 is an arguably prophetic dystopian tale about a man actively battling with ...

Editor’s Note: “Orwell 2+2 = 5” originally debuted at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. It opens at the IFC Center in New York City on Thursday, October 2 and the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles on ...

On January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. took to X (then Twitter) to declare that his father’s suspension from the platform was a sign that “We are living in Orwell’s ‘1984.’ Free speech no longer exists ...

“We’re No. 1 and they’re No. 2 in the world.” That was President Trump’s blunt assessment of global power politics when it came to the United States and Russia following his inconclusive “summit” ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X (Opinion) If there is any silver lining to the Trump years—and I am not in the habit of searching ...

Vladimir Putin’s encounter with Donald Trump in Anchorage summons bad memories of past summits in Munich or Yalta, in which the destiny of smaller Eastern European nations was decided by greater ...