Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The movie literally blew my mind” and not mean it … literally.
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Classic literature is full of themes that speak to refugees’ experience today, from the Book of Exodus to ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’
Journalism’s ethics code says the press must ‘seek truth and report it,’ and also minimize harm. During a public health crisis, how should the press deal with President Trump’s inaccuracies and lies?
Milton’s famous defence of free speech, Areopagitica, was a strange choice for the attorney general.
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Senior Lecturer, School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia
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PhD Candidate in Early Modern Art and Literature, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Humanities and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno