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Write Like a Professor

I’ve poked fun at academic writing before; what I hadn’t realized is that my mockery comes from a deep-seated animus + more

Winner!

CK Anderson (left) greets the last word‘s very first contest winner. Noted grammarian Susanna Weise correctly identified all of the + more

Where Have All the Creative People Gone?

As I was thumbing the pages of “The Creativity Crisis,” an article in the July 10 issue of Newsweek,  I + more

Contest Update

As of this writing, no one has risen to the challenge issued here. There can be only two reasons for + more

Our 100th Post

It’s official: you’re reading the last word‘s hundredth post. At this rate, we should reach our hundredth reader in March + more

How Narcissistic Are You?

Take the Narcissistic Personality Quiz today! I scored a big fat “0,” though, to be fair, it’s remarkably easy to + more

Friday Bonus Post!

Words of wisdom from columnist Charles Krauthammer: “Advertising is legalized mendacity.” Discuss.

From the Department of Homeland Grammar

To a graphic designer, there are all kinds of interesting things about this story—upper- vs. lower-case letters, font selection, etc. + more

The Most Important News You’ll Read All Day

By way of apologizing for the lack of posting over the last week or so, I’ve decided that today is + more

Quote of the Day

In my career as a professional writer, few qualities have been so needlessly celebrated by those around me as consistency. + more

Oh, to Be Normal

A couple of weeks ago I was visiting the Maryhill Museum of Art—worth the drive for the Rodin collection alone—and + more

“Soylent Green Is People!”

I’ve always harbored suspicions that Oregonians were a bit, well…rigorous in their adherence to green orthodoxy. But I had no + more

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow

For those who breathlessly await each new post on the last word, I have some bad news. This Thursday, the + more

Marauding Pigs!

Because it’s Friday—the 13th—I bring you a chilling tale of…radioactive boars!

Mmm…Books

Google tells us that there exist 129,864,880 different books in the world. It’s a bit daunting for the dwindling number + more

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