When academia or anyone else with a boiling political agenda (such as, among others, coddling anti-Semitic intimidation by portraying it as just good old-fashioned dissent) starts lecturing you about "disinformation" (and, immediately thereafter, their "right" to censor it), what they actually mean by that term is "advocacy that has the temerity to disagree with my advocacy." Time to watch your wallet, not to mention your freedom.
Don't get me wrong. There's plenty of lying out there. I know. I was an AUSA for years, and as a general matter, the lying starts in earnest when the defense case begins. But in the more typical setting, "disinformation" is simply a trendy buzzword used to portray the speaker as Very Wise And Above the Fray and his opponent as a wahoo.
Maybe when this comes out in paperback it will be eligible, but Diana Henriques' "Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Regulate American Capitalism," published last fall, is a fantastic read on the founding of the SEC and the importance of regulation. Ms. Henriques is an excellent story-teller who brings to life what could be a dry topic, bringing law, politics and intrigue into the picture in a gripping manner. One of the best books I've read in the last year across all categories.
Thank you for helping me spread the word about Elegant Legal Writing! Honored to be included on this list. For those new to my work, my book is on Amazon and Audible (https://bit.ly/elw-book), and I blog about legal writing at elegantlegalwriting.com.
When academia or anyone else with a boiling political agenda (such as, among others, coddling anti-Semitic intimidation by portraying it as just good old-fashioned dissent) starts lecturing you about "disinformation" (and, immediately thereafter, their "right" to censor it), what they actually mean by that term is "advocacy that has the temerity to disagree with my advocacy." Time to watch your wallet, not to mention your freedom.
Don't get me wrong. There's plenty of lying out there. I know. I was an AUSA for years, and as a general matter, the lying starts in earnest when the defense case begins. But in the more typical setting, "disinformation" is simply a trendy buzzword used to portray the speaker as Very Wise And Above the Fray and his opponent as a wahoo.
Maybe when this comes out in paperback it will be eligible, but Diana Henriques' "Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Regulate American Capitalism," published last fall, is a fantastic read on the founding of the SEC and the importance of regulation. Ms. Henriques is an excellent story-teller who brings to life what could be a dry topic, bringing law, politics and intrigue into the picture in a gripping manner. One of the best books I've read in the last year across all categories.
Thank you for helping me spread the word about Elegant Legal Writing! Honored to be included on this list. For those new to my work, my book is on Amazon and Audible (https://bit.ly/elw-book), and I blog about legal writing at elegantlegalwriting.com.