Four times a year, lexicographers update and add words to the OED. Katherine Connor Martin helps decide what makes the cut.
Danielle Tcholakian
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Business & Tech
Why Don’t We Work Less?
Is it because we don’t want to, because we can’t, or is there something else at play?
Posted inBlog Post, Reading List
Harry Potter and the Long-Term Global Impact
J.K. Rowling’s first book was published 20 years ago today. Did it create better readers, or just more of them?
Posted inBlog Post
Why Quotas Still Don’t Work for Journalism
Quotas allow superiors to blame failure on subordinates and take credit for success.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Ideal Iceland May Only Exist in Your Mind
Taffy Brodesser-Akner goes to Iceland in search of relief and discovers that the island nation, with its quirky puffins and lunar landscape and crowds upon crowds of American tourists, lends itself well to the pursuit of escape.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events
Where Have All The White House Press Briefings Gone?
Trump’s White House is gradually eroding the tradition of daily press briefings.
Posted inBlog Post
In Silicon Valley, Transportation Innovation Is a Flat Circle
Tech wizards may say they want driverless cars or the hyperloop, but what they really, really want is a bus.
Posted inBlog Post
Did Media Criticism Force Megyn Kelly to Go Harder on Alex Jones?
Following a media firestorm, NBC’s interview with a conspiracy theorist was heavily edited. Though some commentators praised the segment, few ended up watching.
Posted inBlog Post, Reading List
Celebrating a Second Independence Day: A Juneteenth Reading List
Nine stories that explain the fraught history of the holiday, and the need for celebration.
Posted inBlog Post
Jeff Bezos: Hero or Villain?
Is the man behind Amazon a benevolent benefactor or a manipulative monopolist?