April 1, 2021

Stop me before I steal another culture

Trader Joe's was recently arm-twisted into changing the names of some of its products.  It seems that calling Trader Joe's frozen ziti Trader Giotto's might traumatize people of the Italian persuasion.  As for Trader J...

February 24, 2021

How a piano becomes an oboe

Dictionary.com has decided to change the definition of "court-packing," while China seeks a new definition of human rights. So what's the big deal?  Definitions do change over time. Let's see what might be wrong...

October 21, 2012

Equal in Ignorance

You'd think the news that France has given the vote to ten-year-olds would be all over the media, but I seem to have missed it. How else to explain President François Hollande's pledge to abolish homework in his country? Oh, wait -- he did explain: ...

October 9, 2012

Whitewashing the Language

If we ever needed proof that our country has spawned too many bureaucrats with too little to do, a recent directive from the State Department's sensitivity police is Exhibit A. Employees of State were told not to use such offensive terms as "hold dow...

September 22, 2012

Health Care Act Bans Happy Holiday News Stories

- SATIRE - Recent feature stories about your town's Labor Day block party may be the last of their kind.  That goes for articles about Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas parties, Easter sunrise services, and family vacations as well. Tucked into Sec...