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America’s Ministry of Truth, Part IV: Crime and Punishment

America’s Ministry of Truth, Part IV: Crime and Punishment
Anti-riot police officers arrest a protester during a demonstration during riots in downtown Athens on Dec. 6, 2018 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of fatal shooting of a teenager which sparked major riots in Greece in 2008.Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Marvin Folkertsma
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Commentary
Understanding America’s “Ministry of Truth” requires coping with the tenacity of The Narrative, the academic sources that created it, and its outcomes in the format of “news,” which inundates citizens in a fashion reminiscent of George Orwell’s famous quip about Soviet commissars—“half gangster, half gramophone.”
Marvin Folkertsma
Marvin Folkertsma
Author
Marvin Folkertsma is a retired professor from Grove City College. He is the author of several books, including Ideology and Leadership, Agony of Survival, Criminal Intent, and The Thirteenth Commandment. Agony of Survival was an alternate selection of the Jewish Book Club and nominated for the National Jewish Book Award. He also is a frequent contributor of op-eds that have appeared in news publications throughout the country. His interests are wide-ranging and include American political institutions, political thought, literature, and American studies generally.
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