blog posts The internet is making old people irrelevant, warns MIT computer guru Nov 8, 2009 12:30 pm3090 views The highest dictionary in the land? The Supreme Court and the definition of "marriage" May 25, 2013 3:45 pm16639 views The great language change hoax Apr 1, 2013 12:30 pm11872 views The government's definition of writing is seriously out of date Feb 3, 2011 4:00 pm7779 views The government does not control your grammar Jan 19, 2011 6:45 pm26469 views The gender-neutral pronoun: after 150 years still an epic fail Aug 2, 2010 12:13 am50166 views The Frozen Trucker v. The Bolognese Bloodletter: Why we read law sensibly, not literally Mar 23, 2017 9:00 pm5432 views The French Academy wants you to remember, this virus is feminine May 9, 2020 5:15 pm8554 views The (former) President's Reading Lesson Aug 23, 2009 12:09 am2913 views The e-reader over your shoulder Nov 10, 2012 6:45 pm2075 views The English Language Unity Act of 2007: It takes more than a language to unify a nation Feb 22, 2007 7:27 pm1277 views The English Language Unity Act: Big government that only a tea partier could love Sep 23, 2010 3:30 pm7356 views The Elements of Style turns 50. If you're celebrating, make sure to use the active voice Apr 2, 2009 12:00 am1374 views The e-book dilemma: should you rent or own? Mar 10, 2011 11:45 am5823 views The boy who spoke . . . Young muggle awakes from brain surgery with new accent Sep 19, 2007 12:05 am2926 views The book, the scroll, and the web Apr 1, 2010 12:15 pm4369 views The Babel Proclamation: celebrating a century of banning foreign languages in America May 23, 2018 7:00 am5770 views The American moment is waning. Will English pull us through? Jun 10, 2009 6:00 pm1200 views The all-natural guide to writing technology Feb 17, 2018 4:30 pm1227 views The 2017 Word of the Year has been banned Dec 17, 2017 10:15 am1131 views The 2012 Word of the Year is #hashtag Dec 17, 2012 12:30 am1404 views The 2009 word of the year is "teabag," but the word of the decade has to be "wingnut" Nov 18, 2009 6:30 pm4031 views That ugly Americanism? It may well be British. Jul 31, 2011 12:15 am11930 views Thats all Folks: The Apostrophe Protection Society Gone for Good Dec 2, 2019 7:00 pm1565 views Thanks to Facebook, “Like” just means, “Uh-huh” Aug 8, 2014 5:00 pm2406 views "Text 'M' for murder": The classics meet the digital age Apr 12, 2009 6:45 pm1323 views Tennessee’s new “plain meaning” law masks an anti-gay, anti-feminist agenda Apr 30, 2017 9:15 pm2812 views Technology Update: Flying books can be dangerous Aug 11, 2010 7:15 pm2824 views Teaching grammar stops violence Dec 16, 2006 10:30 pm4785 views Teaching commas won't help May 14, 2011 3:00 pm10897 views Teachers' pronouns Oct 22, 2019 12:15 pm18339 views 'Talking while Spanish' on trial in Wichita Aug 15, 2008 11:30 pm1389 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 2, 2011 11:00 pm9891 views Take the National Grammar Day Quiz Mar 3, 2014 2:30 pm3025 views Supreme Court strikes a blow against minority language rights Jun 28, 2009 11:30 am1250 views Supreme Court rules that guns don't kill people; throwing out DC gun law, Scalia finds that linguists are mad hatters living on the other side of the looking glass Jun 28, 2008 12:37 am2026 views Supporters of official English in the United States can learn from Slovakia Jul 13, 2009 4:15 pm2702 views Stunning revelation: Secret dictionary panel controls English language Sep 28, 2012 4:30 pm3121 views Strict constructionist Chief Justice flubs oath, Obama presidency survives unscathed Jan 21, 2009 12:06 am1439 views Stood the course, now what? Favorite Bush slogan is retired Oct 24, 2006 11:00 am1279 views State threatens to close schools violating official language law Jan 18, 2007 10:29 pm1455 views Spell the American way on National Dictionary Day Oct 16, 2007 11:57 pm3447 views Spelling counts at the Spelling Bee, but in the age of the Internet, should it count anywhere else? May 31, 2007 11:30 pm1344 views Speak English in Arizona, or I'll see you in court Nov 8, 2006 6:00 pm2029 views Speak English, get out of jail free Mar 27, 2008 9:00 pm16713 views Spanish Pledge of Allegiance? Oy vey, can you see it's deja vu all over again? Feb 3, 2007 11:45 pm3755 views Sorry, Dr. House. Study correlates neat handwriting with academic success Nov 5, 2007 10:45 pm5673 views Some notes on singular they Sep 14, 2015 6:00 pm7278 views So long as we're banning devices from the classroom, let's ban clay tablets as well Nov 25, 2017 2:45 am1901 views So how do dictionaries define marriage, anyway? Apr 29, 2015 4:45 pm8335 views