Voices In My Head

| August 18, 2004

Maybe I’m obtuse, but I only now have noticed something. John Kerry seems to have almost entirely shed his Boston accent. Having been a linguist, perhaps I have an ear for these things. Nonetheless, I never consciously noticed Kerry’s near-accentlessness until today. Maybe it’s because his other speaking habits are so ponderously annoying, or because […]

Not Who He Meant

| August 18, 2004

When Al Gore used the expression “digital brownshirts,” I presume he meant these people, right? Right? Note to Al: expressing an opinion online does not make one a “digital brownshirt.” Using online tools to shut down other peoples’ freedom of speech does. (Link via Bill Hobbs writing at Blogs for Bush.)