Opinion

War is not a game. But impressionable kids may not be able to tell the difference if the U.S. military continues its e-sports recruitment.

George Orwell was a dirty, militant socialist — that’s why he’s a hero

Editor:

In a letter in Monday’s paper, Jack Redmon of Livingston drew a lengthy comparison between George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and the dystopia we find ourselves inhabiting today. I read with interest as Mr. Redmon detailed, in bullet point after bullet point, the tactics by which the totalitarian Party in Orwell’s narrative controls its people. He tells us to “see if any sound familiar.”

Sending federal law enforcement officers into American cities is a decision that should not be taken lightly.

Let’s do a thought experiment. Imagine that a Democratic president, say Barack Obama, decided that federal forces should go into Dallas and Fort Worth to protect undocumented workers. Imagine that a Democratic president, say Hillary Clinton, decided to send federal troops into Nashville to protect transgender people.

Current events and George Orwell’s book ‘1984’ 

Editor:

When I was in college in the 1950s, a required reading was George Orwell’s then recent book, “1984.” This was during the early days of the cold war with the Soviet Union, and everyone feared and half expected an eventual showdown.