Food for thought while reading Kozol

When you read Kozol's Ch. 8, "Beware the Jargon Factory," you will find the following interesting as well:

Read this excellent Op-Ed in The State from Leonard Pitts:

"Hypocrisy" as art in Romney-speak

This piece echoes a long-standing argument made by George Orwell about the abuse of language:

Politics and the English Language

And here are some videos of Kozol, FYI:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-645485102917331375&hl=en

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1824896676294058673&vt=lf&hl=en

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4393377103056433898&hl=en

Kozol also undertook a hunger-strike recently; read his explanation here.