blog posts Occupy Wall Street: Can the revolution be trademarked? Oct 28, 2011 12:15 am2251 views Noah Webster’s Word of the Year for 1828 was torture, too Dec 19, 2014 2:30 pm2258 views Louisiana school district may require English-only valedictory addresses -- why not call them bye-bye speeches instead, to avoid all foreign-language entanglements? Jul 1, 2008 10:15 pm2259 views Poll shows 1 in 4 Americans don't read books. But books aren't everything . . . Aug 22, 2007 12:02 am2266 views The right's new slogan: My free speech, not yours Mar 30, 2021 11:00 am2323 views It's National Grammar Day, not National Pedant's Day Mar 3, 2019 10:00 pm2386 views Watching TV delays infant language, but don't touch that dial . . . Aug 14, 2007 10:44 pm2386 views Who owns American English? GM recalls every Chevy ever made, then says "Never mind." Jun 10, 2010 11:30 pm2390 views English-only vs. Spanish in Univision's presidential debate Sep 9, 2007 9:23 pm2391 views Court rules that gay bashing is not a crime in West Virginia May 13, 2017 10:15 am2401 views The March on Washington and the pre-digital age Aug 27, 2013 10:45 pm2410 views Thanks to Facebook, “Like” just means, “Uh-huh” Aug 8, 2014 5:00 pm2412 views Microsoft Word's Wokeness checker is asleep on the job Jan 15, 2022 8:00 am2436 views It’s National Grammar Day. I can’t even, and you shouldn’t either. Mar 3, 2020 5:30 pm2449 views Court rules 'Talking while Spanish' grounds for expulsion at Kansas school Aug 16, 2008 8:30 pm2462 views Wichita's English-only school sued for discrimination May 23, 2008 10:15 pm2467 views Google's Panopticon will make you a better person--just click to agree Jul 13, 2019 12:15 am2481 views Federal Appeals Court rules you can swear on the air, but only for the hell of it Jun 7, 2007 2:50 pm2498 views Books by the numbers Dec 18, 2010 5:00 pm2506 views Computers remember so you don't have to Jul 15, 2011 9:15 pm2533 views Vatican 2.2? Wichita Catholic School goes English-only Oct 21, 2007 11:30 pm2607 views March 10: The telephone is 133 years old today. Call me. Mar 9, 2009 9:00 pm2632 views Researchers: IM definitely infectious, but associated linguistic damage short-lived, haha Apr 25, 2008 7:15 pm2657 views The Second Amendment: Supreme Court offers handguns as affirmative action for the poor Jul 1, 2010 6:30 pm2664 views Plain English: It’s the Law Feb 1, 2014 10:45 am2665 views French Academy sees linguistic diversity endangering national identity Jun 20, 2008 10:45 pm2692 views Who defines marriage? Jul 1, 2015 12:45 pm2703 views Supporters of official English in the United States can learn from Slovakia Jul 13, 2009 4:15 pm2710 views Should we fear a world without books? Jan 26, 2009 9:49 pm2762 views Internet addiction: deadly pathology or just a nice substitute for TV? Aug 6, 2009 10:36 pm2779 views I found it on Wikipedia, the eBay for facts Oct 26, 2006 10:00 am2785 views The word of the year for 2007 is English Dec 16, 2007 4:15 pm2808 views Tennessee’s new “plain meaning” law masks an anti-gay, anti-feminist agenda Apr 30, 2017 9:15 pm2815 views The top language stories of 2011 Dec 19, 2011 6:15 pm2815 views Tweet level orange Apr 24, 2012 8:15 pm2818 views Technology Update: Flying books can be dangerous Aug 11, 2010 7:15 pm2824 views Will the iPad change your life? Jan 28, 2010 12:05 am2828 views Language Police flunk teachers from Estonia to Arizona Jun 8, 2010 2:30 pm2851 views Illinois bans male pronoun Jan 2, 2007 8:16 pm2856 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 Size matters: Bilinguals have bigger brains Nov 6, 2006 10:45 pm2872 views A language kept alive on life support, literally Jan 19, 2008 12:30 pm2893 views Sliced Bread 2.0: Is the internet all it's cracked up to be? Feb 22, 2010 12:30 am2896 views A new pronoun. Again? Nov 28, 2006 11:15 am2910 views Dictionary droids write definitions untouched by human hands Jan 1, 2012 12:45 am2911 views The boy who spoke . . . Young muggle awakes from brain surgery with new accent Sep 19, 2007 12:05 am2928 views The (former) President's Reading Lesson Aug 23, 2009 12:09 am2935 views Content-free prose: The latest threat to writing or the next big thing? Jun 25, 2011 10:15 pm2967 views To those who want more grammar in school: Get off my lawn! Jul 6, 2015 11:00 pm2969 views National Punctuation Day Sep 24, 2006 9:30 pm2993 views