Ronald Reagan Reads Orwell's 1984
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Thirty-six years later, the book "1984" is on the best-seller list again. One news service estimates that the book has sold more than 10 million copies, more than any novel by Mark Twain or Ernest Hemingway.
George Orwell was the pen name of English socialist Eric Blair, who died of tuberculosis a year after writing the book. George Orwell created a nightmare world in which bureaucrats wish we'd forget memories. Ronald Reagan wishes erase our memories. Ronald Reagan wishes we'd forget his 1980 campaign promises to bring budget deficits under control. |
