Tag: Language

Vice President JD Vance.

Vance says English being ‘common language’ in US is ‘reasonable’

Molly Parks · December 8, 2025 12:30 pm

Ukrainian flags seen by an apartment building heavily damaged by Russian shelling.

How Putin created Ukrainian nationalism

Timothy P. Carney · November 30, 2025 8:00 am

Sam Altman Cofounder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024 at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni on Sept. 25, 2024, in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

OpenAI slams New York Times for demanding ChatGPT logs to crack down on paywall bypassing in lawsuit

Emily Hallas · November 12, 2025 12:34 pm

Getty Images long life 1029

The narthex problem

Rob Long · October 24, 2025 12:05 am

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor smiles in front of an audience.

Sotomayor says Americans don’t value multilingualism while promoting new children’s book

Heather Hunter · September 9, 2025 5:24 pm

In search of the Indo-Europeans

Varad Mehta · July 3, 2025 11:30 pm

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy testifies in front of a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee budget hearing, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington.

Sean Duffy signs order mandating English fluency for commercial truck drivers

Emily Hallas · May 20, 2025 8:38 pm

Diversity, equality, and inclusion concept.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t fall for the DEI sleight of hand

Erec Smith · April 30, 2025 6:00 am

John McWhorter’s preferred pronouns

Jesse Adams · April 3, 2025 11:25 pm

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

Trump signs executive order establishing English as the US’s official language

Zach LaChance · March 1, 2025 7:44 pm

Across the linguistic pond

Michael M. Rosen · December 12, 2024 11:33 pm

The nerdy joy of grammar

Robert VerBruggen · October 24, 2024 11:00 pm