Conservative Writers, Amateur Lexicographers, and More

Who were the tweedy, eccentric amateurs that made the Oxford English Dictionary possible?

The dictionary people. Who were the tweedy, eccentric amateur lexicographers that made the Oxford English Dictionary possible... more »

Conservative writers once pilloried the left with patrician gravitas and stylistic assurance. That has devolved into a flat hackishness... more »

The passing of Marjorie Perloff and Helen Vendler feels like the definitive…