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Humpty Dumpty, the Corruption of Language, and the Destruction of Society

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Almost everyone is familiar with Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. In one of its most famous passages, Carroll neatly encapsulates the central issue in the use and abuse of language: “When I use a […]

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Below is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s final General Audience address, delivered today in St. Peter’s Square before a crowd of tens of thousands of the faithful (translation from Vatican Information Services): Like the […]

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