William F. Buckley, Jr., April 14, 1973: I guess I was seven when I first heard the maxim that only + more
William F. Buckley, Jr., April 14, 1973: I guess I was seven when I first heard the maxim that only + more
“Grammar is credibility,” says Amanda Sturgill, PhD, associate professor of communications at Elon University. “If you’re not taking care of + more
Is a robot gunning for your job? If you’re a telemarketer, it’s already happening. And if you’re a bank teller, + more
In an interview published in the Spring-Summer 1957 issue of the Paris Review, Truman Capote, referring to the short stories + more
Remember back in June when I used this space to rail against the misuse of the word curate and its various + more
“Alone of the four cardinal virtues,” writes Christopher Ricks in Dylan’s Visions of Sin (Penguin, 2003), “fortitude does not go in for an + more
While visiting my daughter in Bozeman a couple of weeks ago, I stopped in at Vargo’s and picked up a copy + more
oppugnancy (noun) opposition; hostility; resistance “Hope you don’t have plans this evening,” sighed CK. “The deadline just got moved up.” “No problem, + more
This is the coolest thing you’ll watch all day. Heck, I’ll wager it’s the coolest thing you’ll watch all month. + more
So I didn’t pay much attention to the Olympics—sorry, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad™—but I’ve gotta say, these are some + more
“[L]ike Madonna and newspapers, cursive has displayed a gritty staying power, refusing to have its loop de loops and curlicues + more
I got the terrible news this morning that Jim Boyd died Tuesday. I met Jim back in 2002 when I + more
Over the last couple of years I’ve striven mightily to reduce the level of snark directed at public grammar/syntax/spelling/usage errors. No, + more