Chomsky/Mechoulam
This started as “Roamin’ Noam in Marin,” AVA March 20, 1991. Noam Chomsky,...
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Category: Our Times
A Compliment From Westy
By Fred GardnerThe New York Times has published an op-ed piece by historian David Parsons about...
Read MoreAutumn 1963
Friday, November 22, was going to be my last day of civilian employment in Manhattan, barring a miracle. I was supposed to start basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, on Sunday the 24th. I had been an editor at Scientific...
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I always read those cute little lists in Harpers and it dawns on me that I might have one to contribute. Over the years in my AVA column I’ve remarked the replacement of one word for two in modern American usage. For...
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