blog posts Policing protest speech Sep 30, 2024 12:45 pm89 views Policing protest speech, part 2: The government would like a word . . . Oct 19, 2024 1:45 pm152 views Will the real Gettysburg Address please stand up? Nov 16, 2013 1:45 pm195 views The right to read Jul 30, 2018 11:30 am241 views Baron’s Laws of English Usage Feb 16, 2024 4:00 pm253 views Ghostwriters . . . who ya gonna call? May 12, 2018 2:00 pm283 views The new digital censorship: Writers blocking readers Dec 5, 2017 5:00 pm429 views Marriage equality, guns, health care, and the myth of judicial objectivity Jun 29, 2015 1:15 am536 views A Strict Constructionist Reads “Don’t say Gay” Apr 8, 2022 11:00 am582 views The internet of things? More like the internet of snitches. Mar 15, 2015 10:00 pm587 views Dictionaries are trending Apr 22, 2017 3:30 pm588 views "She" -- Chelsea Manning and the first-ever court-ordered pronoun Mar 6, 2015 4:15 pm600 views <CTRL>, <ALT>, and especially <DELETE>: Proposed Cybersecurity Act gives president power to unplug the internet Apr 17, 2009 11:45 am602 views Trump University’s plagiarism policy Jul 19, 2016 7:45 pm678 views What if printed books went by ebook rules? Apr 20, 2015 11:00 pm702 views Pentagon tells soldiers, "We have ways of making you talk" Jan 7, 2009 11:20 am721 views Should Barack Obama, the first digital president, have to give up Twitter? Nov 16, 2008 7:35 pm770 views Criminalizing cyberspace: from Myanmar to California, going digital can mean going to jail Nov 24, 2008 11:15 pm815 views Without a net: Judges tell jurors with smart phones, "No surfing allowed" Mar 18, 2009 2:00 pm821 views Is there free Wi-Fi? The Web @25 Mar 11, 2014 12:30 pm827 views Defining "sanitation" to quash the mask mandate Apr 20, 2022 11:30 am830 views The semantics of politics: defining the real "real" America Oct 22, 2008 11:30 pm854 views Grass station, locavore and w00t: we need a better word of the year for 2007 Dec 14, 2007 12:46 pm855 views On National Writing Day . . . . the NSA is tracking what you write Oct 20, 2013 4:00 pm858 views Charlie Hebdo shows there’s always some speech that isn’t free Apr 5, 2015 4:15 pm860 views Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition Oct 29, 2008 11:15 pm862 views High Court to decide whether F-bomb is ready for prime time Nov 13, 2008 11:06 pm871 views When Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter, does he violate the First Amendment? Nov 8, 2017 11:00 am874 views Guilt by association: My Sarah Palin number is 2. Does that mean I palled around with terrorists? Oct 13, 2008 9:43 pm883 views Beyond the Pale: White House Hanukkah invite is actually Christmas card Nov 26, 2008 9:30 pm884 views Words don't lie, part III: Campaign rhetoric gives way to campaign linguistics Oct 8, 2008 10:27 pm891 views Letter from London: Brits fear Facebook friends are really bombers Mar 29, 2009 10:00 pm950 views Another of Maryland's English-speaking towns poised (from the French) to go English-only Jun 19, 2008 4:15 pm951 views Happy National Grammar Day, to those who celebrate* Mar 3, 2024 12:45 pm966 views Owner of veggie fast food stand bans English Mar 31, 2008 10:44 pm966 views It's 3 a.m. and someone is texting the White House . . . Aug 23, 2008 11:17 pm987 views Valentines for the author Feb 14, 2013 12:30 am991 views International Pronouns Day Oct 9, 2018 10:30 am991 views Words don't lie, part II: Perception Analyzer reveals no Jack Kennedys at vice presidential debate Oct 2, 2008 11:15 pm1030 views 2015's word of the year is "autocorrect" Dec 31, 2014 1:00 am1039 views "War on Terror" ends in England. Will U.S. stay the course? Dec 13, 2006 1:45 pm1086 views From pencils to pixels, technologies won't fix our schools May 8, 2007 3:45 pm1087 views Don't show and tell: Army puts PR videos on YouTube while blocking the site on its own computers May 14, 2007 5:00 pm1089 views An inconvenient tweet: it's against the law in England Jun 5, 2013 10:15 pm1089 views Google translates text untouched by human hands Mar 31, 2007 7:40 pm1095 views English no longer the official language of New York's gas stations Jul 11, 2008 11:33 pm1096 views Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures like Obama and Clinton "forget" to footnote? Feb 21, 2008 4:15 pm1097 views Lincoln the writer at 200: the statesman and orator constantly revised his prose Feb 12, 2009 2:46 pm1117 views New military strategy: if GI's won't learn their verbs, try teaching linguists to shoot Dec 25, 2008 7:45 pm1126 views With T-shirts at work, you can’t always say what you want Jul 11, 2015 11:15 pm1133 views
