• A New Bus Ride

    March 20, 2016

    A doll with measles?  Or a colostomy bag? I’m talking here about a whole a new bus ride.

    Aficionados of “critical offense studies” (henceforth, COS) will

  • Harvard Law School Shears Its Shield

    March 7, 2016

    After months of study, a Harvard Law School committee recommended to Dean Martha Minow on March 3 that the School jettison a shield it has

  • Polysemy, Now You Don’t

    February 21, 2016

    I’ve been thinking about people who proclaim themselves offended by words for which they mistakenly assume the wrong meaning. A celebrated example is “niggardly,” the