-
John McWhorter
Posts
College Became the Default. Let’s Rethink That.
Imagine a world that gave high schoolers more options.
What Will Smith and Joe Biden Have in Common
The slap and the slip were the same kind of gaffe.
Scott Joplin’s Ragtime Is Ambrosia. Here’s Why It Matters.
Notes on a great American composer.
‘BIPOC’ Is Jargon. That’s OK, and Normal People Don’t Have to Say It.
Vocabulary imposed from on high sometimes just can’t catch on.
Is Slang as Swell as It Used to Be? Yas!
But these days it’s easier to preserve it on the record.