blog posts Fined for driving while Spanish in Dallas, fired for working while Spanish in Taos Oct 27, 2009 11:30 am4357 views The Internet: It was 40 years ago today that the series of tubes went live Oct 29, 2009 7:45 pm6328 views Unhappy writers are better writers, says psychologist Nov 5, 2009 10:00 am9511 views The internet is making old people irrelevant, warns MIT computer guru Nov 8, 2009 12:30 pm3101 views Dirty words you can say on television: WTF as the newest cable channel? Nov 14, 2009 7:00 pm14786 views The 2009 word of the year is "teabag," but the word of the decade has to be "wingnut" Nov 18, 2009 6:30 pm4070 views Glenn Beck wins 2009 Doublespeak Award Nov 27, 2009 7:15 pm4004 views Language lessons: It's time for English teachers to stop teaching that the earth is flat Dec 1, 2009 10:15 pm27360 views Say goodbye to the decade with no name Dec 15, 2009 11:30 pm1643 views TSA bans reading on international flights Dec 28, 2009 12:15 am5564 views Britain's "Communication Champion": Parents don't have time, so kids don't talk Jan 7, 2010 12:07 am2110 views Multitasking: learning to teach and text at the same time Jan 21, 2010 8:15 pm12148 views Webster's banned for too much sex Jan 25, 2010 8:00 pm14874 views Will the iPad change your life? Jan 28, 2010 12:05 am2828 views Is 2010 the new 1984? Amazon can cut off your access to books any time it wants Jan 30, 2010 5:30 pm2861 views Letter to a high school English teacher Feb 10, 2010 4:30 pm4231 views Arabic flashcards bump student from plane Feb 11, 2010 7:30 pm3874 views Sliced Bread 2.0: Is the internet all it's cracked up to be? Feb 22, 2010 12:30 am2896 views Who cares about National Grammar Day? Or is it whom? Mar 3, 2010 6:00 pm8088 views Should everybody write? Or is there enough junk on the internet already? Mar 8, 2010 11:15 pm7340 views Wikipedia: write first, ask questions later Mar 18, 2010 6:30 pm4298 views The book, the scroll, and the web Apr 1, 2010 12:15 pm4376 views The iPad: What is a Gutenberg moment, anyway? Apr 6, 2010 9:30 am9364 views "Yes, we want" -- Who owns global English? Apr 21, 2010 3:00 pm14127 views English spoken here: Arizona moves from English-only to stop-and-deport May 15, 2010 6:45 pm5579 views Are lying toddlers destined for greatness? May 20, 2010 7:15 pm4581 views Kaplan College fires English-only president Jun 4, 2010 11:30 am3911 views Language Police flunk teachers from Estonia to Arizona Jun 8, 2010 2:30 pm2851 views Who owns American English? GM recalls every Chevy ever made, then says "Never mind." Jun 10, 2010 11:30 pm2390 views Barack Obama wants to know, "Are you smarter than a ninth-grader?" Jun 17, 2010 11:30 pm2168 views Don't read this: What Kindle's most-highlighted passages tell us about popular taste Jun 23, 2010 6:00 pm3387 views The Second Amendment: Supreme Court offers handguns as affirmative action for the poor Jul 1, 2010 6:30 pm2664 views Revising our freedom: Digital archeology and Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence Jul 6, 2010 3:15 pm5109 views ROBOT TEACHERS!!! -- Coming soon, to a classroom near you!!! Jul 11, 2010 4:45 pm6422 views Nieuw Amsterdam wants to make Dutch its official language Jul 19, 2010 12:30 am3858 views Is it "Miss" or "Ms"? A newly-discovered 1885 cite suggests it's Miss Jul 27, 2010 5:30 pm3826 views The gender-neutral pronoun: after 150 years still an epic fail Aug 2, 2010 12:13 am50271 views Technology Update: Flying books can be dangerous Aug 11, 2010 7:15 pm2824 views Good grammar leads to violence at Starbucks? Aug 16, 2010 8:45 pm3825 views Dr. Laura's n-word and the First Amendment Aug 22, 2010 2:15 pm3120 views Facebook says, "All your face are belong to us." Aug 27, 2010 10:15 pm5685 views MSKGB? Microsoft and the Secret Police Sep 13, 2010 3:30 pm1859 views The English Language Unity Act: Big government that only a tea partier could love Sep 23, 2010 3:30 pm7360 views It's alive! New computer learns language like a human, almost Oct 8, 2010 3:15 pm3164 views Killer app: Seven dirty words you can't say on your iPhone Oct 14, 2010 7:45 pm5984 views A literal paradox: "literally" generally means 'figuratively' Oct 27, 2010 5:45 pm5331 views All hail goddess English? Nov 4, 2010 11:00 pm4642 views " :) when you say that, pardner" -- the tweet police are watching Nov 13, 2010 10:30 pm6742 views On the internet, nobody knows you can't spell Nov 24, 2010 10:30 am3763 views President sends Americans to the dictionary Dec 11, 2010 4:30 pm3606 views