Alas, Merriam-Webster has given up on distinguishing between home in and hone in, but a careful writer should still make the distinction. Home in means to seek out or zero
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Social media and the importance of free speech
The Kansas Board of Regents has posted proposed revisions to its misguided policy on social media. The revisions include some of the changes suggested by a working group the regents
Continue readingA philosophy of writing (and life) for the new year
Lisa McLendon and I created this little gem after classes ended in December. It’s a philosophy of life for writers and editors, but also just a philosophy of life. We
Continue readingNext time the escalator stops, think genericide
The term “genericide” popped out from a story I read this week about trademark protection. It’s an odd, specialized word, and yet it fits its meaning perfectly. As Andrew Torrance
Continue readingCan the Navy survive without its caps?
Deciding that a shift key isn’t such a bad thing after all, the U.S. Navy has decided it will no longer require official communications solely in capital letters, the Wall
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