Do we work from home or work at home? There’s a distinction: do you work for yourself at home or do you work for a…
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What does it say about our cynicism when criminals deliver what we consider “real” justice in popular fiction? The fictional antiheroes I enjoy raise many…
Comments closedAs readers of this blog and colleagues familiar with my approach to rhetoric know, I argue consistently that rhetoricians should be as familiar with statistics…
Comments closed“You really should be speaking out about…” a colleague will begin. I recognize the opening and anticipate the polite “suggestion” that I take a public…
Comments closedFor many years, I thought of Rush Limbaugh as the satirical version of a radical conservative. I assumed it was all a joke because that’s…
Comments closedThe people with whom we associated voluntarily, the organizations and groups to which we belong, communicate our values. Our associations define us because people assume…
Comments closedProgressive activists, well-intentioned as they might be, have managed to colonize Spanish and other Latin languages in the cause of gender-neutral language. This linguistic colonialism…
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