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Douglas Rooks’ recent op-ed on Trump’s goal of an ignorant electorate (Aug. 7) brought two authors to mind: Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Orwell. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945.

Like the even more celebrated "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949), Orwell's "Animal Farm" — marking its 80th anniversary this month ...

Ruthless Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin built an extensive propaganda machine to rewrite the past, obfuscate the truth and ...

In a famous essay of 1946, George Orwell mock-lamented the “Decline of the English Murder”. He was satirising British ...

Even billionaires make expensive mistakes. Here are Jeff Bezos' five biggest money mistakes and the wisdom he gained from each costly error.