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Business Sink and Swim
Bankruptcy should help the undeserving
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Ice can ruin a drink or bring it to life
Research Quick Study
Mobsters take up DVD piracy, and more
Andrew Sullivan
From The Department Of "Things We Already Knew" 5.29.09 10:38 A.M.
Megan McArdle
Closing Chrysler's Dealers: Cui Bono? 5.28.09 8:31 A.M.
Marc Ambinder
SotoSkirmish: Kinsley: Her Race and Gender Are Assets 5.29.09 10:05 A.M.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Keep Talking 5.29.09 10:30 A.M.
James Fallows
Offline 5.27.09 3:12 P.M.
Jeffrey Goldberg
On Misreading Amalek 5.28.09 1:53 P.M.
Clive Crook
Obama owes Bush an apology 5.26.09 4:30 A.M.
Word Fugitives
In Pursuit of Wanted Words.
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The Bestselling Author of Word Court Explains How to Decipher the Dictionary, Master the Usage Manual, and Be Your Own Language Expert.
Word Court
Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is Done.
King Features, 2003 - Current
Answers to hundreds of questions about language. These are the archives for five-plus years of Barbara's syndicated newspaper column.
The Atlantic
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The American Scholar, Spring 2006
Word Fugitives' backstory, from The American Scholar.
The Atlantic, November 2000
There are plenty of reasons to doubt that English will become "the" global language. Even if it does, that doesn't mean what most people seem to think. Barbara's November 2000 Atlantic cover story.
The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2008
Who knew that the thesaurus was just Peter Mark Roget's retirement project? A short review of a biography of Roget, from The Wilson Quarterly.
The New York Times Magazine, September 5, 2004
Their weaknesses laid bare. From The New York Times Magazine.
The New York Times Magazine, August 4, 2002
Don't look now -- even unto your cupboards and closets, bad writing is everywhere. This one, too, is from The New York Times Magazine.
