As a computer programmer, I face a conundrum whenever I see a variable name that is misspelled. For those of you who aren't programmers, variable names are words that exist in the source code (written in C or C++ or Java or whatever) of a program. ...

A few days ago, I was listening to news coverage about Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida when I heard what is for me a dreaded phrase: "These people." Variations on "These people are unsalvageable. These people are recidivists. These people...

Apparently some officers on the Dallas police force have been ticketing drivers for not being able to speak English. As a former software engineer who has spent a lot of time fixing poor user interfaces, I do think it's entirely plausible that rookie...

My commute for my new job in Boston is entirely via public transportation. As I got off at the subway station earlier this week, I was approached by an Asian gentleman holding a coffee cup and a dollar bill. I thought he was a panhandler at first,...

Language Lover is happy to report that after ten long months, she has finally found gainful employment. It took much longer than I had expected, and was accompanied by far greater changes than I had envisioned, but all is well now. Yesterday, I got...