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April 25, 2013
Noreen Malone
Don't 'Bro' Me, Bro!
It's time to retire the meaningless word
April 9, 2013
John McWhorter
The AP's Crime Against Logic
Its "illegal immigrant" change makes no sense
March 29, 2013
John McWhorter
Washington's Favorite, Weaselly New Verb
Why is everyone "evolving" on gay marriage?
March 9, 2013
Paul Berman
The Source of El Comandante's Power
Hugo Chavez: The Source of His Power
February 4, 2013
John McWhorter
Speaking Your Mind
The pernicious persistence of the "language shapes thought" theory
March 9, 2011
Alfred Kazin
Criticism at the Poles
September 5, 1988
MagazineNoam Cohen
Meta-Musings
The self-reference craze
November 25, 1956
James T. Farrell
Writers with Few Readers
June 17, 1946
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George Orwell
Politics and the English Language
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August 4, 1941
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Vladimir Nabokov
The Art of Translation
On the sins of translation and the great Russian short story.
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