Rants and Ramblings: random commentary about culture, media, politics, technology and whatnot.

links for 2007-01-24

• Barack to the Drawing Board by Eric Feezell | The Morning News
  With Barack Obama’s presidential campaign underway, his advisors are working overtime to make sure their man appeals to the American public, and the first challenge is the name. ERIC FEEZELL snags a secret memo proposing the Senator’s new monikers.
  (tags: humor politics election2008 barackobama)
• The devil’s lexicon: Unspeak exposes the language twisters. By Jack Shafer | Slate Magazine
  Poole writes, “But Unspeak does not say one thing while meaning another. It says one thing while really meaning that one thing,” and the confusion unspeak generates is almost always calculated and deliberate.
  (tags: language politics journalism writing)
• City Paper Copy Editor Angry, Angry, Angry | DCist
  What do you do when you, the dutiful copy editor, is are forced to adhere to an in-house style that flies in the face of the rules of grammar you hold in such high esteem? You blog about it.
  (tags: journalism writing language blogs)