James Kelly of Vanity Fair wrote a lovely review: “Mr. Skinner does a fine job detailing the controversy that greeted…

“Was it the first modern dictionary or the last traditional one? One way or the other, the flap over the…

Reviewer Pete Croatto calls The Story of Ain’t “a fascinating, highly entertaining cultural history that will enchant an  audience beyond…

(from the April 30, 2012, Weekly Standard) “You’re going to Spain with or without your kids?” That was the question…

“On the Media” interviewed me in 2009 about Webster’s Third, shortly after my article “Ain’t That the Truth” was published…

Ever since receiving a PDF version of Adam Mansbach’s Go the F to Sleep, I have been wondering, What is it about…

I bought a bottle of this “Blue and Gray”-brand, Civil-War themed Virginia microbrew at Whole Foods last week and, of…

(From the April 25, 2005, Weekly Standard) AN OLD WOODEN DESK SITS in my basement, on which I write and…

(From the April 12 – April 19, 2004, Weekly Standard) I HAVEN’T HAD MUCH EXPERIENCE shopping for women’s clothing. And on…

(From the October 26, 2009, Weekly Standard)  “As is” was the description attached to the garage when my wife Cynthia and…