1984 by George Orwell.

The term ‘doublespeak’ was coined in this book (ebemn though doublespeak has actullay been used ever since we decided to lay down our clubs and listen to the head caveman tell us that “fire is cool, man”).

All of Orwell’s stuff is great because it cautios us agsint the disslution of our freedom in lieu of a omnipresent State.

For a current example of doublespeak on a grand scale in Canadian politics, read Then They Came For Me – A Cautionary Tale

Cheers!

- Don

Another book you may be interested in is

Smart Thinking: Skills for Critical Understanding and Writing by Matthew Allen
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Thinking-Critical-Understanding-Writing/dp/0195517334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263339821&sr=8-

I’ve started looking into critical thinking lately, having been impressed with a couple of people’s thought processes – their ability to question things that most people accept as truth. So I’m in the process of saving for a rather large Amazon bill…. the books that are next on my list are:

Critical Thinking by Moore and Parker http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thinking-Brooke-Noel-Moore/dp/0073386677/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263260187&sr=1-1

Critical Thinking – A Student’s Introduction by Bassham, Irwin, Nardone and Wallace http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thinking-Introduction-Gregory-Bassham/dp/0073407348/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263260187&sr=1-7

Asking the Right Questions by Browne and Keeley, http://www.amazon.com/Asking-Right-Questions-Neil-Browne/dp/0205506682/ref=pd_sim_b_5

I think I’d need an other couple of lives to read all the books that interest me.