AUGUST DIARY [8 ITEMS]: Dare Call It Communism?; Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and A Japanese POW; Confessions of A Linguistic Dunce (And Quiet English-Language Triumphalist); ETC.!, by John Derbyshire

The other day I gave a passing mention to Adam Ellwanger, Professor of English at the University of Houston. Prof. Ellwanger had posted an excellent piece August 14th at The American Mind on terminological creep, citing as an example the creep from "illegal alien" via "illegal immigrant," then "undocumented person," through to "migrant worker," the...