Gary Wills on "Agenda" as Jargon

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon May 27 11:39:58 PDT 2002


A wonderful parenthesis by Gary Wills in the current NYRB:

"'Agenda' is the current swear word -- say anyone has such a thing and he or she is instantly disqualified from expressing an opinion. Apparently only the directionless or clueless are worth listening to."

Actually, the term has a history -- in the past the term was "hidden" or "secret" agenda. It's a standbye of the duller forms of red-baiting.

Carrol



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