blog posts Does the First Amendment mean "You can't make me say your pronouns"? Jun 13, 2022 10:00 am1439 views Defining "sanitation" to quash the mask mandate Apr 20, 2022 11:30 am432 views A Strict Constructionist Reads “Don’t say Gay” Apr 8, 2022 11:00 am254 views Microsoft Word's Wokeness checker is asleep on the job Jan 15, 2022 8:00 am1055 views Don’t blame the new French pronoun on Americans Dec 12, 2021 11:15 am4248 views Corpus linguistics, public meaning, and the Second Amendment Jul 20, 2021 1:45 pm3991 views The right's new slogan: My free speech, not yours Mar 30, 2021 11:00 am1913 views It’s National Grammar Day, so stop grammar shaming Mar 3, 2021 9:15 pm3980 views Trump’s words on January 6 were a clear and present danger Feb 16, 2021 11:45 am4018 views Shopping while Spanish in Montana Dec 3, 2020 10:30 am5824 views Will the Supreme Court soon be policing your speech? Nov 20, 2020 11:00 am6311 views Pronoun backlash Oct 4, 2020 12:00 pm16028 views There are no pronouns in the Nineteenth Amendment Aug 12, 2020 12:00 pm3070 views Pronouns on TV: pop culture meets inclusive language Aug 1, 2020 11:45 am1710 views Heer, hiser, himer: Pronouns in the news, 1912 edition Jul 25, 2020 1:30 pm1177 views The oldest genderless pronouns are lo and zo, for French, and e, es, em, for English Jul 16, 2020 1:00 pm2628 views A grammar lesson for Justice Alito Jun 16, 2020 12:00 pm6409 views The French Academy wants you to remember, this virus is feminine May 9, 2020 5:15 pm8312 views Verbing pronouns Apr 20, 2020 10:00 am1687 views It’s National Grammar Day. I can’t even, and you shouldn’t either. Mar 3, 2020 5:30 pm2315 views From they to tey to te: pronoun mansplaining in the 1970s Feb 28, 2020 2:00 pm2814 views It’s National Handwriting Day: there’s an app for that Jan 23, 2020 11:00 am1569 views Will the Word Pedometer make babies smarter? Dec 22, 2019 1:15 pm5626 views Thats all Folks: The Apostrophe Protection Society Gone for Good Dec 2, 2019 7:00 pm1455 views Gender conceal: Did you know that pronouns can also hide someone's gender? Nov 9, 2019 4:15 pm4320 views Grammar-shaming Trump Nov 1, 2019 12:00 pm8147 views Teachers' pronouns Oct 22, 2019 12:15 pm15985 views Pronouns and the law Oct 10, 2019 1:45 pm10936 views The Song of Singular they Sep 14, 2019 1:15 pm1518 views Can a Swedish pronoun cure sexism? Aug 29, 2019 10:45 am2022 views Forget Rees-Mogg, Fowler, and Strunk & White, the arbiter of English today is Autocorrect Jul 31, 2019 11:45 am1196 views Commas don't kill people Jul 23, 2019 3:45 pm12181 views In the event of moon disaster, and other speeches our presidents never gave Jul 17, 2019 10:00 am2469 views Google's Panopticon will make you a better person--just click to agree Jul 13, 2019 12:15 am2135 views It's National Grammar Day, not National Pedant's Day Mar 3, 2019 10:00 pm2083 views What do you call a retired professor? Feb 26, 2019 6:00 pm3888 views NPR Poll: Americans don’t want to be politically correct. Tote bag, anyone? Dec 23, 2018 12:30 pm3031 views In Silicon Valley’s version of the nanny state, the nannies are all offline Oct 28, 2018 10:00 am1248 views Countering the backlash against nonbinary pronouns Oct 16, 2018 11:15 pm13024 views Nonbinary pronouns are older than you think Oct 13, 2018 5:15 pm49945 views International Pronouns Day Oct 9, 2018 10:30 am847 views Hey, you guys, you is already plural Aug 24, 2018 10:15 am10688 views In which Pooh tries a nonbinary pronoun Aug 11, 2018 5:30 pm3465 views A Brief History of Singular 'they' Jul 30, 2018 12:15 pm23624 views The right to read Jul 30, 2018 11:30 am222 views The Babel Proclamation: celebrating a century of banning foreign languages in America May 23, 2018 7:00 am4531 views Ghostwriters . . . who ya gonna call? May 12, 2018 2:00 pm280 views Yellow Fever: Is it a racist slur or just a place to eat? Apr 28, 2018 11:15 pm6615 views The all-natural guide to writing technology Feb 17, 2018 4:30 pm1151 views Thon was Word of the Year in 1884 Jan 5, 2018 12:30 pm7627 views