Before you take this advice seriously, ask yourself one question: Has the federal government ever—and I do mean ever—been right + more
Before you take this advice seriously, ask yourself one question: Has the federal government ever—and I do mean ever—been right + more
“Not quite a cliché, not quite a term of art,” writes Olga Khazan, “a buzzword is a profound-seeming phrase devised + more
The other day I saw a bumper sticker that read “It’s Not Hard to Be Nice.” At first blush, it’s + more
You’ve all heard the rule: “I before E except after C.” But as the great Stephen Fry points out, it’s…not + more
“All human effort beyond the lowest level of the struggle for animal subsistence is motivated by the need to live + more
This one’s a beast: affect or effect? The simplest answer is that affect is a verb; effect is a noun. + more
We live in an age in which respectful, good-faith, reasoned debate is the exception rather than the rule. So I’m + more
Do yourself a favor and check out this great profile of La Monte Young, “the composer who quietly shaped much + more
“Let me tell you somethin’ right now. You’re only allowed three great women in your lifetime. They come along like + more
I’m not sure who all needs to hear this—apart from those within my own industry, it seems—but, despite what Merriam-Webster + more
“International Drive has developed into a tacky gauntlet whereby families are stripped of armloads of cash on their way to + more
This post will appeal only to a very narrow subset of our vast and wide-ranging audience, but what the hell. + more
In his diary entry of July 14, 1911, A. C. Benson recounts a college dinner at Cambridge for old members—and + more
We live in stupid times. On this there can be no debate. And while it’s certainly tempting to give up + more
Kwame Anthony Appiah has an interesting piece over at the Atlantic on language and usage, racial designation as social identity, + more