Language
Why Edward Snowden Wins on Twitter
The Newspeak dictionary is filling up. As of the last few days, it has acquired an Obama entry, "Modest Encroachment," meaning a tactful invasion of privacy, a James Clapper entry, "Least Untruthful Answer," meaning a tactful lie, and a David Brooks entry, "Unmediated Man," meaning, basically, a lonely truth teller who isn't concerned with tact. The appearance of these tortured formulations is as good a measure as any of Edward Snowden's cultural impact.
Figuring out a culture's worldview from its word choices isn't as easy as it seems.
Jay Carney's rough week was a blessing to one man: his boss.
Being against marriage equality doesn’t make you a monster.
Technology has made signing our names a farce.
Yes, you can end a sentence in a preposition.
Proof that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Had Assimilated? He Spoke Black
Black English, the most American part of our language
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's tweets, with their casual use of black English, demonstrate how assimilated he was.
It's time to retire the meaningless descriptor.
The wire service's "illegal immigrant" change makes no sense.
Why is everyone "evolving" on gay marriage?
