Michael Knowles
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"Political correctness" has taken politeness and turned it into a weapon of censorship and intimidation. How did so absurd a concept become so dangerous - and come to dominate our public discourse?
For at least the past quarter century, political correctness has dominated American public discourse. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush blamed "political correctness" for "conflict and even censorship" that left "free speech under assault in the United...
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Above the peaceful Walthamstow Marshes, a hungry kestrel eyes its prey while two young field mice, Diesel and Electric, play innocently below. Venturing out from their family nest within the railway embankment, the duo finds danger swooping down upon them. As the kestrel descends, allies from the marsh emerge: a vigilant rabbit and brave sparrow leader, Brown Wings, rally to protect the young mice. Diesel and Electric is a tale of unexpected friendships...
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of inertia: no money for travel and no job prospects; shares an apartment with his widowed father; and the premature death of his mother has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with the 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.