John McWhorter

If Chaucer got through life without fussing over that tiny punctuation mark, why shouldn’t we?

It was one of the best Black musicals ever to make it to Broadway, and you’ve probably never heard of it.

Passion counts for a lot, but the bottom line should be results. The protests seem to be headed in a different direction.

I do not believe that the Columbia demonstrators are driven by antisemitism, but their actions have gone way too far.

It’s a different world, much more so than people want to acknowledge.

What standing ovations, exclamation points and “irregardless” have in common.

In an evolving language, it ain’t always clear — or important — what’s correct.

Why is it so dreary in universities?

In “The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,” Robin Reames contends that Greek and Roman rhetorical techniques can help us speak — and listen — to one another today.

Lowering expectations in academia does Black people no favors.