April 17, 2017

“Millennial.” It sounds like a class of elusive flower that blooms once every thousand years. And while we know the word actually refers to the demographic born between the early eighties and the early… Read more »

English Language

Newly-minted Brexit coin proving controversial, you'll be surprised to hear — Tom Clayton
"Climate strike" is chosen as 2019’s word of the year — Nikki Griffiths
Booker Award split between two deserving writers; irritation abounds — Mike Lindgren
Readers protest outdated dictionary entries; "What's the matter with being sexy," asks UK honcho — Mike Lindgren

CNN’s Jake Tapper moonlights as a cartoonist for MAD

Julia Fleischaker

CNN anchor Jake Tapper has been getting a lot of attention recently for his coverage of the Trump administration. (He’s also been called “fake news” more times than can be… Read more »

Google these poems and change the way people think of Miami’s inmates

Peter Clark

It’s a fact that the United States incarcerates a greater percentage of its population than any country in the world. But thinking about the problem as numbers instead of people… Read more »

Happy eighty-nine, Cynthia Ozick!

Melville House

“If I’ve ever regretted anything it was putting all my eggs in one basket, holing up and kneeling at the altar of literature, instead of going out and at least… Read more »

Melville House Books

Buzzfeed re-allows unironic usage of the word “millennial”

Ryan Harrington