There has been an almighty dust-up following the publication of Joan Acocella’s article in the New Yorker about Henry Hitchings’s book The Language Wars: A History of Proper English and… Read more »

On Sunday, Edge posted 192 responses to their annual question. This year’s query, suggested by Steven Pinker, was “WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?”  The responses—from CEOs,… 1 / Read more »