NESCAC Students No Longer Care for the Liberal Arts and it Shows First, it was the appalling "Common Language Guide" from Amherst College. That was followed by Trinity College's Student Government Association denying the application of "The Churchill Club." Now the students representing the dreaded Purple Cows of Williams College think it best to reject [...]
Inciting Violence is Just the Latest in a Long Line of Phrases That Are Losing Meaning Nazi. Fascist. Holocaust. Hate Speech. Kapo. Fact Check. Apartheid. These are just some of the latest words and phrases that have gained traction over the last several years and are now almost entirely devoid of meaning. You can add, [...]
Quoting Someone in 2019 is Very Easy, So Why Do People Still Get it Wrong? I recently got into a mini Twitter beef with someone whose Twitter profile says, "Bylines in @TabletMag (Tablet Magazine) and @jdforward (The Forward)" (@wonk0_the_sane). Notice, I am quoting his actual Twitter profile and the exact words he uses in that profile. [...]
