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Amy Wax’s statements are indefensible. But so is the University of Pennsylvania’s response.
A modest plea for the return of language arts.
I used to think I knew him. History has proved me wrong.
People who are pinning all their hopes on one attribute are going to be disappointed — again.
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Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer I don’t think anyone would be shocked to hear that linguists...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign, scheduled to take...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The recent announcement that Audra McDonald will be starring as Mama...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Rumors have long circulated that Donald Trump used the N-word while...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Among the signature images of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murders of his ex-wife...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer My 12-year-old daughter practically had to drag me into the musical...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Some months ago, one of my readers sent me an invaluable cache of...
Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer In December, a group of outside scholars appointed by a Harvard board...
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Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the...