“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
