blog posts The Writer's Meme Feb 18, 2012 8:45 pm4209 views Learning not to curse in Arizona Feb 10, 2012 11:45 pm3707 views Candidate barred from 'Running while Spanish' in Arizona Jan 29, 2012 10:45 pm1934 views Dictionary droids write definitions untouched by human hands Jan 1, 2012 12:45 am2911 views The top language stories of 2011 Dec 19, 2011 6:15 pm2815 views Defining "anchor baby" Dec 9, 2011 6:15 pm2180 views The Word of the Year for 2011 is "volatility" Nov 28, 2011 10:15 pm1454 views How to save an endangered language Nov 17, 2011 12:01 am13492 views Occupy Wall Street: Can the revolution be trademarked? Oct 28, 2011 12:15 am2251 views The laws of English punctuation Oct 23, 2011 3:45 pm7317 views The last print dictionary Oct 1, 2011 11:15 pm3215 views Resistance may be futile: Are there alternatives to Global English? Sep 23, 2011 6:15 pm4002 views The only linguistic impact of 9/11 is 9/11 itself Sep 8, 2011 10:15 pm6527 views New words are great for back to school Aug 26, 2011 9:30 am2062 views The Web of Language Fifth Anniversary Aug 15, 2011 12:00 pm4190 views Facebook and your health: A Dr. Grammar Special Report Aug 10, 2011 9:15 pm6876 views That ugly Americanism? It may well be British. Jul 31, 2011 12:15 am11948 views Computers remember so you don't have to Jul 15, 2011 9:15 pm2533 views Are laws requiring English signs discriminatory? Jul 9, 2011 6:45 pm4823 views Content-free prose: The latest threat to writing or the next big thing? Jun 25, 2011 10:15 pm2967 views Webster's lays down the law Jun 15, 2011 8:45 pm8852 views How a bill becomes a law 2.0: A high-tech president renews the Patriot Act by autopen Jun 3, 2011 4:15 pm10477 views Teaching commas won't help May 14, 2011 3:00 pm10902 views The most human computer? Apr 30, 2011 11:30 pm1968 views English-only in the exit row Apr 23, 2011 11:00 pm4424 views OED hearts OMG Apr 8, 2011 8:30 pm4320 views House Passes H.R. 401, a Bill to Ban Texting in Spanish Mar 31, 2011 7:00 pm12488 views Happy birthday OK: the world's most-popular word turns 172 Mar 22, 2011 6:30 pm7602 views The e-book dilemma: should you rent or own? Mar 10, 2011 11:45 am5836 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 2, 2011 11:00 pm9891 views Cyber-laugh: everything old is new again, haha Feb 27, 2011 11:30 pm3889 views When news breaks, people look it up in the dictionary Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm3002 views #twitterrevolution--reforming Egypt in 140 characters? Feb 16, 2011 1:00 am6183 views The government's definition of writing is seriously out of date Feb 3, 2011 4:00 pm7801 views AT&T says it's a person under the law and should enjoy the right to personal privacy. What's wrong with this picture? Jan 22, 2011 11:00 am3277 views The government does not control your grammar Jan 19, 2011 6:45 pm26553 views Top ten language stories of 2010 Dec 29, 2010 7:00 pm8758 views WTF is the 2010 Word of the Year Dec 25, 2010 6:15 pm5859 views Books by the numbers Dec 18, 2010 5:00 pm2506 views President sends Americans to the dictionary Dec 11, 2010 4:30 pm3606 views On the internet, nobody knows you can't spell Nov 24, 2010 10:30 am3763 views " :) when you say that, pardner" -- the tweet police are watching Nov 13, 2010 10:30 pm6742 views All hail goddess English? Nov 4, 2010 11:00 pm4642 views A literal paradox: "literally" generally means 'figuratively' Oct 27, 2010 5:45 pm5331 views Killer app: Seven dirty words you can't say on your iPhone Oct 14, 2010 7:45 pm5984 views It's alive! New computer learns language like a human, almost Oct 8, 2010 3:15 pm3164 views The English Language Unity Act: Big government that only a tea partier could love Sep 23, 2010 3:30 pm7360 views MSKGB? Microsoft and the Secret Police Sep 13, 2010 3:30 pm1859 views Facebook says, "All your face are belong to us." Aug 27, 2010 10:15 pm5685 views Dr. Laura's n-word and the First Amendment Aug 22, 2010 2:15 pm3120 views