“The English language is shot through with idioms and expressions which allude to violence without inciting it, most of which pass without notice unless they're called to your attention. One of the most disingenuous moves in the incivility wars is… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“Culpable obtuseness. He should know better. That's one reason why we don't use the a-word, for example, of little children. They can merit the s-word, because there's a malignity that's innate in little kids sometimes, but you can't merit the… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“It's important that these people think of their adversaries specifically as assholes. That's what gives the modern rhetoric of polarization its singular stamp and… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“When Roger Ailes said that NPR executives were 'the left wing of Nazism," he wasn't trying to tar NPR as evil in the eyes… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“It's not odd these days to hear politicians trumpeting their own authenticity, a claim that an earlier day would have considered self-cancelling. But when… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
When the world changes, correlation goes away… Causals are what endure. — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
The Italian historian Armando Petrucci has done more than anyone else to revive interest in public writing. His groundbreaking Public Lettering: Script, Power, and… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
There are only two reasons for buying a book, after all. Either we intend to read it, in which case most of us find… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“Still, to paraphrase what John Stuart Mill said about the stupidity of the Tories, while not all people who claim to be politically incorrect… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“The English language is shot through with idioms and expressions which allude to violence without inciting it, most of which pass without notice unless… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump comes closer than anyone else to being the archetype of the species; crossing genres, he exemplifies all the ways an asshole can… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
When it comes to being slaves to fashion, American managers make adolescent girls look like rugged individualists. — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
“Culpable obtuseness. He should know better. That's one reason why we don't use the a-word, for example, of little children. They can merit the… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
