Experts in West Africa are predicting as many as 1.4 million new cases of Ebola by January. The CDC is “doubling down” on + more
Experts in West Africa are predicting as many as 1.4 million new cases of Ebola by January. The CDC is “doubling down” on + more
Anna Della Subin asks the tough questions: “[I]f procrastination is so clearly a society-wide, public condition, why is it always + more
“The trouble with writing,” concludes Michelle Huneven, “is writing.” Truer words were never spoken. But wait—there’s more: “Writing is difficult + more
Happy National Punctuation Day, everyone. What…you didn’t get me anything? Not to worry: you can make up for it by + more
Though I’ve more than once used this space to extol the virtues of Stephen King’s On Writing (here and here), I + more
I’ve long held that proofreading your own work is a fool’s errand. And no, it’s not because I particularly suck + more
So the other day the New York Times—you know, America’s “newspaper of record”—relied on anecdotes and hearsay to gravely inform its + more
I think this image is a much better way to describe the importance of commas. (artist unknown.) (from OxfordDictionaries.com) What + more
The Egg, Or The Memoirs Of Gregory Giddy, Esq: With The Lucubrations Of Messrs. Francis Flimsy, Frederick Florid, And Ben + more
On page 147 of my copy of Stephen King’s On Writing are the most important words ever written on the subject: “If + more
I discovered the following from the Twitter feed of A Way with Words, the weekly public radio program. Turns out it came from + more
Want to read “the story of what it means to live in a cultural climate that stifles almost every creative + more
Do you think that the Weird Al video I shared last week is funny? Kevin Gallagher, who refers to “garden-variety internet pedants” + more
The estimable Mike Miller—who handles all programming- and IT-related matters around here—seems to think “Weird Al” Yankovic and I are kindred + more
Writing in Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts, the great Clive James points out that, “as Kingsley + more