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  • An early version of the First Amendment, labeled Article Four, reads, "The freedom of speech, and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government ofr a redress of grievances, shall not be infringed.

    Policing protest speech

    Sep 30, 2024 12:45 pm164 views
  • Will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up?

    Nov 16, 2013 1:45 pm221 views
  • Early version of the First Amendment: Amendment 4. The freedom of speech and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government for a redress of grievances, shall not be infringed.

    Policing protest speech, part 2: The government would like a word . . .

    Oct 19, 2024 1:45 pm261 views
  • The right to read

    Jul 30, 2018 11:30 am287 views
  • Ghostwriters . . . who ya gonna call?

    May 12, 2018 2:00 pm308 views
  • Baron’s Laws of English Usage

    Feb 16, 2024 4:00 pm330 views
  • Book cover image of What's Your Pronoun? Beyond he and she.

    The second-oldest neopronoun, coined in 1849: ne, nis, and nim

    Jul 29, 2025 12:00 pm356 views
  • A left-handed person with a right-handed iPhone

    May 17, 2025 2:45 pm446 views
  • No Reading: Barred Circle with an open book inside

    The new digital censorship: Writers blocking readers

    Dec 5, 2017 5:00 pm474 views
  • Marriage equality, guns, health care, and the myth of judicial objectivity

    Jun 29, 2015 1:15 am576 views
  • American flag forever stamp

    Taking the Pledge--in any language

    Mar 27, 2025 2:15 pm587 views
  • A Strict Constructionist Reads “Don’t say Gay”

    Apr 8, 2022 11:00 am620 views
  • The internet of things? More like the internet of snitches.

    Mar 15, 2015 10:00 pm621 views
  • Merriam-Webster logo with "As Seen on TV" superimposed on it.

    Dictionaries are trending

    Apr 22, 2017 3:30 pm629 views
  • "She" -- Chelsea Manning and the first-ever court-ordered pronoun

    Mar 6, 2015 4:15 pm632 views
  • <CTRL>, <ALT>, and especially <DELETE>: Proposed Cybersecurity Act gives president power to unplug the internet

    Apr 17, 2009 11:45 am632 views
  • Trump University’s plagiarism policy

    Jul 19, 2016 7:45 pm740 views
  • Pentagon tells soldiers, "We have ways of making you talk"

    Jan 7, 2009 11:20 am756 views
  • What if printed books went by ebook rules?

    Apr 20, 2015 11:00 pm770 views
  • Should Barack Obama, the first digital president, have to give up Twitter?

    Nov 16, 2008 7:35 pm800 views
  • Headline in New York Times: Prosecutors fail to secure indictment against man who threw sandwich at federal agent.

    Is a sandwich a weapon? And if so, does it enjoy constitutional protection?

    Aug 19, 2025 2:00 pm822 views
  • Samuel Johnson defined lexicographer as 'A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge.'

    The Word of the Year for 2024

    Dec 26, 2024 4:00 pm829 views
  • Criminalizing cyberspace: from Myanmar to California, going digital can mean going to jail

    Nov 24, 2008 11:15 pm850 views
  • Without a net: Judges tell jurors with smart phones, "No surfing allowed"

    Mar 18, 2009 2:00 pm853 views
  • Is there free Wi-Fi? The Web @25

    Mar 11, 2014 12:30 pm872 views
  • Department of Sanitation Certificate, dated 1956, awarded to the author for services to the "Clean City League" of New York.

    Defining "sanitation" to quash the mask mandate

    Apr 20, 2022 11:30 am877 views
  • Grass station, locavore and w00t: we need a better word of the year for 2007

    Dec 14, 2007 12:46 pm887 views
  • On National Writing Day . . . . the NSA is tracking what you write

    Oct 20, 2013 4:00 pm901 views
  • Guilt by association: My Sarah Palin number is 2. Does that mean I palled around with terrorists?

    Oct 13, 2008 9:43 pm913 views
  • Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition

    Oct 29, 2008 11:15 pm914 views
  • Beyond the Pale: White House Hanukkah invite is actually Christmas card

    Nov 26, 2008 9:30 pm915 views
  • Words don't lie, part III: Campaign rhetoric gives way to campaign linguistics

    Oct 8, 2008 10:27 pm918 views
  • High Court to decide whether F-bomb is ready for prime time

    Nov 13, 2008 11:06 pm927 views
  • The semantics of politics: defining the real "real" America

    Oct 22, 2008 11:30 pm946 views
  • Message that users get when Trump blocks them

    When Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter, does he violate the First Amendment?

    Nov 8, 2017 11:00 am947 views
  • Charlie Hebdo shows there’s always some speech that isn’t free

    Apr 5, 2015 4:15 pm960 views
  • Letter from London: Brits fear Facebook friends are really bombers

    Mar 29, 2009 10:00 pm980 views
  • Owner of veggie fast food stand bans English

    Mar 31, 2008 10:44 pm997 views
  • Another of Maryland's English-speaking towns poised (from the French) to go English-only

    Jun 19, 2008 4:15 pm997 views
  • It's 3 a.m. and someone is texting the White House . . .

    Aug 23, 2008 11:17 pm1015 views
  • Valentines for the author

    Feb 14, 2013 12:30 am1023 views
  • What's your pronoun? button

    International Pronouns Day

    Oct 9, 2018 10:30 am1028 views
  • Words don't lie, part II: Perception Analyzer reveals no Jack Kennedys at vice presidential debate

    Oct 2, 2008 11:15 pm1058 views
  • 2015's word of the year is "autocorrect"

    Dec 31, 2014 1:00 am1073 views
  • Cover of my book, What's Your Pronoun? Beyond he and she

    Legislating pronouns

    Aug 5, 2025 2:15 pm1106 views
  • "War on Terror" ends in England. Will U.S. stay the course?

    Dec 13, 2006 1:45 pm1109 views
  • The search for plural ‘you’

    Dec 5, 2024 3:45 pm1115 views
  • Google translates text untouched by human hands

    Mar 31, 2007 7:40 pm1125 views
  • From pencils to pixels, technologies won't fix our schools

    May 8, 2007 3:45 pm1125 views
  • An inconvenient tweet: it's against the law in England

    Jun 5, 2013 10:15 pm1125 views
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