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Yes, Biden Can Talk to Blacks in Ways That the GOP Cannot
AUGUST 22, 2012 3:50PM
Topics: politics, media, elections, joe biden, president obama, mitt romney, race, racism, african americans, language, rhetoric
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Should "bully" be in our vocabulary?
MAY 16, 2012 7:43AM
Topics: confessions, school, language, french, france, bullying open call, bullying
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The Power of the Word
MAY 14, 2012 11:35AM
Topics: hillary clinton, media, semantics, burma, oath, aung san suu kyi, politics, language, word, power of language, power of the word
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- 2266 Views
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Can 'Slut' Be Reformed?
APRIL 30, 2012 10:30AM
Topics: slut, sluts across america, slutwalk, reclaiming, reappropriating, language, etymology, middle ages, sexuality
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Why Gabby Giffords Frustrates Me
NOVEMBER 15, 2011 12:52PM
Topics: yes we all want a feel-good story, language, recovery, putting a spin on it, brain injury
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- 6466 Views
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Undeniably American in Paris
JUNE 29, 2011 8:24AM
Topics: culture, toilets, language, foreign experience, expatriot life, american identity, france, nationality, identity, the moment i felt most american, open call
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- 952 Views
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Why the “Birther” Movement is No Joke
APRIL 28, 2011 10:28PM
Topics: language, framing, barack obama, donald trump, politics, linguistics
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- 1961 Views
- 56 Comments
Speaking Adult
NOVEMBER 12, 2010 12:57PM
Topics: teaching, parents, figurative, literal, adults, language, comedy, family
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- 5523 Views
- 103 Comments
Most Profanity Is Just a Sign of Laziness
NOVEMBER 10, 2010 4:00PM
Topics: writing, censorship, open call, television, tv, profanity, language
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- 4393 Views
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Why I'm Late For Work Again: Our Cat's A Genius
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 7:43AM
Topics: strange but true, animals, language, mysteries, language, pets, cats
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- 2846 Views
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"THE CRAYON OF COLOR"--Drunk on Political Correctness
JULY 21, 2010 4:26AM
Topics: political correctness, education, art, writing, crayons, language
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- 8374 Views
- 63 Comments
Sarah Palin Now Creates New Words Like William Shakespeare
JULY 19, 2010 3:00PM
Topics: william shakespeare, sarah palin, meaning, language, words
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- 2574 Views
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Of Soccer World Cups and "inner Nuremberg Rallies"
JUNE 14, 2010 8:58AM
Topics: klemperer, history, language, nazis, tv, television, zdf, sports, world cup, soccer
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- 14051 Views
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What Gay Looks Like in Middle School
NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:33PM
Topics: middle school, language, gay
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- 2851 Views
- 50 Comments
The Ineffable Power Of “Fuck”
JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM
Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach
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- 1687 Views
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Obama's Elf
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 5:14PM
Topics: books, comedy, music, mondegreens, language, obama, elf
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- 3022 Views
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I do not think in language
FEBRUARY 3, 2009 2:07AM
Topics: consciousness, language
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- 1964 Views
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What Language Do You Dream In?
DECEMBER 4, 2008 5:03PM
Topics: language, linguistics, family, travel, sleep, dreams, spanish, dutchh
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- 5072 Views
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Hacking, before the Internet
NOVEMBER 16, 2008 2:46PM
Topics: hackito ergo sum, hackity-hack, hacks, hack, cracker, hacker, clever, programming, technical, prank, pacific tech, caltech, mit, history, linguistic evolution, linguistics, language, terminology, jargon
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Know What It Really Means to Be Naughty?
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