blog posts An inconvenient tweet: it's against the law in England Jun 5, 2013 10:15 pm1087 views An M.A. in Facebook: now you can earn academic credit and avoid schoolwork at the same time Apr 1, 2009 10:45 pm1297 views Another benefit of bilingualism: it delays dementia Jan 16, 2007 5:30 pm1202 views Another of Maryland's English-speaking towns poised (from the French) to go English-only Jun 19, 2008 4:15 pm946 views A panda walks into a bar, or, why language self-help books help nobody Feb 14, 2007 5:52 pm1858 views A portrait of the selfie Nov 24, 2013 4:45 pm3642 views Apple patents page-turning. What's next, the letter i? Nov 22, 2012 12:07 am2153 views Arabic flashcards bump student from plane Feb 11, 2010 7:30 pm3873 views Arabic Pledge of Allegiance brings protests Mar 24, 2015 9:30 pm1567 views Are laws requiring English signs discriminatory? Jul 9, 2011 6:45 pm4758 views Are lying toddlers destined for greatness? May 20, 2010 7:15 pm4571 views Arizona's war on Spanish comes to campus Jul 23, 2013 10:00 am4165 views Army tells gay translators, don't tell, or don't translate May 25, 2007 1:15 pm1581 views A spelling reformer writes to Mr. Lincoln Jun 5, 2009 12:45 am33238 views A Strict Constructionist Reads “Don’t say Gay” Apr 8, 2022 11:00 am547 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 am3276 views Banishing the words you hate won’t help Jan 3, 2016 12:45 pm1615 views Banning bitch and ho: If words are outlawed, only outlaws will have words Aug 8, 2007 1:08 pm3097 views Banning laptops in the classroom Jan 14, 2013 7:15 pm10243 views Banning words for the new year Jan 19, 2014 12:21 pm1354 views Barack Obama wants to know, "Are you smarter than a ninth-grader?" Jun 17, 2010 11:30 pm2168 views Baron’s Laws of English Usage Feb 16, 2024 4:00 pm190 views Bearing arms against a rabbit Jan 28, 2013 6:15 pm4743 views Bees do it: bilingual bees teach humans a lesson Jun 8, 2008 12:45 am5182 views Bee Season: The annual spelling bee brings out protesters as well as nerds May 30, 2007 10:30 pm1703 views Beyond the Pale: White House Hanukkah invite is actually Christmas card Nov 26, 2008 9:30 pm882 views Blogging for pay: Federal Trade Commission to make bloggers tell all Oct 7, 2009 4:30 pm1853 views Bong Hits 4 Jesus: High Court rules that students who mention drugs are pushing them Jun 25, 2007 11:08 pm9447 views Books by the numbers Dec 18, 2010 5:00 pm2506 views Britain's "Communication Champion": Parents don't have time, so kids don't talk Jan 7, 2010 12:07 am2109 views British academic acts to decriminalize bad spelling Aug 8, 2008 1:15 am1217 views British scientists warn, if Facebook doesn't kill you, it'll drive you nuts Feb 28, 2009 11:15 pm4482 views California must ban language discrimination Aug 26, 2009 11:53 pm3794 views Canadian language police prepare for unrest as 200 attend Esperanto Congress in Montreal Jul 17, 2008 8:56 pm1871 views Can a Facebook post land you in jail? Jun 12, 2015 11:30 pm2207 views Can a Swedish pronoun cure sexism? Aug 29, 2019 10:45 am2155 views Candidate barred from 'Running while Spanish' in Arizona Jan 29, 2012 10:45 pm1931 views Can you touch a fish? A fisherman says you can’t. Nov 5, 2014 12:00 am1562 views Celebrate Banned Books Week: Read now, before it's too late Oct 1, 2009 12:00 pm4371 views Cell phones make kids faster, dumber Aug 12, 2009 2:08 am4814 views Charlie Hebdo shows there’s always some speech that isn’t free Apr 5, 2015 4:15 pm827 views Commas don't kill people Jul 23, 2019 3:45 pm15692 views Commas gone wild, or, punctuation bares all Dec 6, 2006 11:45 pm6933 views Computers read so you don't have to Jun 10, 2012 1:15 pm2047 views Computers remember so you don't have to Jul 15, 2011 9:15 pm2533 views Content-free prose: The latest threat to writing or the next big thing? Jun 25, 2011 10:15 pm2967 views Corpus linguistics, public meaning, and the Second Amendment Jul 20, 2021 1:45 pm4396 views Correcting other people's English leads to conviction on federal conspiracy charges Sep 21, 2008 10:30 pm2180 views Countering the backlash against nonbinary pronouns Oct 16, 2018 11:15 pm15406 views Court rules 'Talking while Spanish' grounds for expulsion at Kansas school Aug 16, 2008 8:30 pm2451 views