The folks behind the Oxford Dictionary are asking you to help spread the word about its effort to Save the Words. According to the website SavetheWords.org: Each year hundreds of words are dropped from the English language. Old words, wise words, hard-working words. Words that once led meaningful lives but now lie unused, unloved and … More Adopt a word today

Beloit College recently released its annual Mindset List for the college class of 2013 (born in 1991). Among the 75 “cultural touchstones” for this class: #34: They have always been able to read books on an electronic screen.#35: Women have always outnumbered men in college.#72: Migration of once independent media like radio, TV, videos and … More The college class of ’13 has always known blue jello