I found out today, via the LinguistList, that the faculty from the University of Arizona Linguistics Department has sent an official statement (pdf) to the Governor and Superintendent of their fair state regarding an apparent “no accent” education policy. Of course, the UA linguists make some good, if obvious (to me) points, for example, there [...]
Via Kids Prefer Cheese, a link to an article describing the abundance of amendments to a new 1500+ page set of financial industry regulations. It reminds me of the episode of The Simpson’s Bart’s Comet, which contains a nice bit of Congress-skewering: Of course, in reality, the bill would have passed, and there would have [...]
Better late than never, I suppose, so a quick picked-nit with regard to a category error made in an old episode of Planet Money. Right around the 14:30 mark, correspondent Chana Joffe-Walt says, discussing the strategic absence of tariffs on components used in the domestic (U.S.) assembly of high-tech products, that “we’ve decided” to make [...]