Cover the White House? This professor wishes journalists would prefer not to.
Late last month, White House Press Secretary Sarah Hucakbee Sanders was asked to leave a small restaurant in Lexington, Virginia by the owner. “This feels like the moment in our democracy… Read more »
Get out your English to Americanese dictionary, Jeffrey Lord tells CNN panelists
When one liar lies about another liar lying, does the earth collapse into itself? It does not! It keeps turning, with very little disruption, it turns out. In their continued… Read more »
Welcome to the working week
Oh, hi. How was your weekend? Well you look terrific. Rested. Ready for another run of holding up and getting by, seven more days living under a president who’s basically… Read more »
Two known facts: 1) Ursula K. Le Guin is a paragon, and 2) There is no such thing as an “alternative fact”
The greatness of writer Ursula K. Le Guin is well documented and pretty well understood. Author of such science-fiction classics as The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, the… Read more »
Big Brother is watching you… and selling a “Trump” load of books
Think of a Trump rally. If you need help conjuring up the unpleasant picture, here’s a handy definition given by Urban Dictionary: A large group of brainwashed fanatics that will… Read more »
Merriam-Webster will not abide Trump’s degradation of language
Throughout the 2016 election we marched alongside dictionary publisher and darlings of the Revolution Merriam-Webster. Today, we’re pleased to report that they’re still at it, offering their snarky and informative resistance as a cupped… Read more »
Desperate man says crazy things; everyone listens just because he’s standing in the White House press room
“It’s on, motherfuckers.” This was basically the message delivered to the White House press corps on Saturday as, in a flailing attempt to siphon attention away from the largest mass protest in… Read more »