Corgan Letter to the Editor Published in The Economist
Michael Corgan, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, recently had a letter to the editor published in The Economist.
Corgan’s letter was published in The Economist on June 18, 2016. The letter is included in full below:
I disagree that the degradation of meaning simply means that language has “moved on”. If we use “comprise” interchangeably for “compose”, or “begs the question” for “prompts the question” we lose the shades of meaning which help intelligent discourse. Indeed, we head inevitably to something that is doubleplusungood.
You can read the letter at The Economist here.
Affiliated with Boston University since 1985, Prof. Corgan has also served as Chairman of the Department of Naval Science. He has participated in extensive government service in political and military planning (especially NATO). He also is a regularly appearing media analyst on security and political affairs for many Icelandic and Boston media outlets. Learn more about him here.