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John Mcwhorter

John Mcwhorter

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How a Shocking Insult Gave Me Reason to Hope

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer I was still processing the election last week when I got to see a new...

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Donald Trump Is Bored

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Have you heard that Donald Trump is unraveling? His use of profanity has...

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It Sounded Like Dancing, Drinking and Sex. It Blew People’s Minds.

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Quick: What image comes to mind when you hear the word ragtime? Probably...

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She Is Outrageous, Demeaning, Dangerous. She Shouldn’t Be Punished.

Amy Wax’s statements are indefensible. But so is the University of Pennsylvania’s response.

03.10.2024 10

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English Is Everybody’s Business. (Or Is it Boocie-ness? Or Boozy-ness?)

A modest plea for the return of language arts.

29.09.2024 30

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Why JD Vance Dropped Into My Inbox

I used to think I knew him. History has proved me wrong.

19.09.2024 6

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‘Joy’ Is a Euphemism for a Word No One Wants to Say Out Loud

People who are pinning all their hopes on one attribute are going to be disappointed — again.

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The Hidden Grammatical Reason That ‘Weird’ Works

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer When Gov. Tim Walz called Donald Trump and his worldview “weird,” it...

23.08.2024 50

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Harris Gonna Code Switch

Advertisement Supported by john mcwhorter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Traditionally linguists have bemoaned the fact that the general public...

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What Trump Means When He Mispronounces ‘Kamala’

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic...

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What a Linguist Hears When Biden Speaks

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer I don’t think anyone would be shocked to hear that linguists...

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What Donald Trump Talks About When He Talks About ‘Donald Trump’

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign, scheduled to take...

21.06.2024 20

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Audra McDonald Is Returning to Broadway! There’s Just One Catch.

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The recent announcement that Audra McDonald will be starring as Mama...

16.06.2024 30

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The N-Word Would Work Differently for Trump

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Rumors have long circulated that Donald Trump used the N-word while...

10.06.2024 20

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I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia...

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What if O.J.’s Trial Happened Now?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Among the signature images of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murders of his ex-wife...

19.04.2024 10

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On Broadway, ‘Centering’ Antiracism Is Delightful

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer My 12-year-old daughter practically had to drag me into the musical...

29.03.2024 10

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Where Did Our Strange Use of ‘Like’ Come From?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Some months ago, one of my readers sent me an invaluable cache of...

16.02.2024 30

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We Need a New Word for ‘Plagiarism’

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer In December, a group of outside scholars appointed by a Harvard board...

24.01.2024 40

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Claudine Gay Was Not Driven Out Because She Is Black

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Since Claudine Gay’s resignation as president of Harvard University...

08.01.2024 40

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Why Claudine Gay Should Go

Advertisement Supported by John McWhorter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, should resign. I don’t love...

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Training People to Think of Themselves as Weak Is a Form of Abuse

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the...

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