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The Renaissance City's claim as a Scrabble hotbed is well-lettered, thanks to Rich Lupo , whose maven status is delineated in Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players , by the WSJ's Stefan Fatsis...
I tend to agree with those who say that English is already the official US language , and that learning it is a requirement for sucess in this country. A forum at Roger Williams University will take up the topic tonight: BRISTOL – In a recent projection...
Gee, who knew that the wire scribes had almost as much freedom as we Phoenix types in printing cuss words? (H/t Halperin ). And did they ever write about this stuff when as salty and scatological a guy as LBJ was in the White House? McCain's sharp tongue...
As you begin to think about plans for New Year's, the Phoenix's hyper-literate James Parker has some thoughts on "Don't Tase me, bro," and other top catch phrases of the departing year: In 2007, they gave a monkey a typewriter, and he typed only two words...
