I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.
We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.
Tori Amos, Musician (1963) |
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer (1908) |
Claude Debussy, Composer (1862) |
Julius J. Epstein, Dramatist (1909) |
Charles Fillmore, Educator (1854) |
Valerie Harper, Actress (1940) |
Peter James, Writer (1948) |
Nina Bawden, Writer (2012) |
Charles W. Eliot, Educator (1926) |
Charles William Eliot, Educator (1926) |
James T. Farrell, Novelist (1979) |
Luc Ferrari, Composer (2005) |
Eric Johnston, Businessman (1963) |
Jack Layton, Politician (2011) |
Jerry Leiber, Musician (2011) |