Monthly Archives: September 2016

Some notes on brass

My daddy, now 90, entertains us with an endless scroll of family stories, and I had never heard this one until recently. One year, when he was a boy, he rode his father’s horse in the Confederate Memorial Day parade … Continue reading

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Getting scooped by 85-year-old Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe, you old rascal! You’ve done it again. You’ve taken on the entire academic field of linguistics – as an outsider, a mere journalist – and played your snappy Emperor-has-no-clothes game on them. Bingo! And once again, you’ve stolen … Continue reading

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