Language and how we use it.

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• The Firmness Factor Hard thinking about soft questions.
  Cullen Murphy Nov. 27, 1997
  
• Too Much of a Good Thing How much hype is overhype?
  Cullen Murphy Oct. 2, 1997
  
• The Enemy Within Trojan horses and fifth columns are all around us.
  Cullen Murphy Aug. 28, 1997
  
• Meet John Doe ... and Jane Roe, John Q. Public, and other ordinary citizens.
  Cullen Murphy June 25, 1997
  
• How to Delight With Statistics Edward Tufte's books make train schedules irresistible.
  Cullen Murphy May 22, 1997
  
• Are We Content? Yes, and product, too.
  Cullen Murphy April 3, 1997
  
• This Is the End Why do we long so for closure?
  Cullen Murphy Feb. 13, 1997
  
• The Ebonic Plague? Nope, no sudden outbreak here. Black English--whatever the name--has been around for centuries.
  Cullen Murphy Jan. 9, 1997
  
• Naming Names The eponym craze.
  Cullen Murphy Jan. 2, 1997