On Friday January 9, 2026, New York Times columnist John McWhorter invited a lucky 70 or so people at the intimate Triad Theatre in the Upper West Side to explore his efforts to reconstruct Fats ...

Between his position in the Columbia linguistics program and his opinion column in The New York Times, professor John McWhorter believes that he has reached the peak of his career—both as a linguist ...

The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wivesseason 2 introduced Chase McWhorter, who was a key part of Taylor Frankie Paul's soft-swinging drama, and revealed more about his character, but what happened to Chase ...

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This winter's extreme temperatures and freeze-thaw cycle have made potholes in St. Paul particularly bad. This year, the city is using a new asphalt recycling machine to help make hole patches faster ...

John McWhorter THE WRITER IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF NINE NASTY WORDS: ENGLISH IN THE GUTTER: THEN, NOW AND FOREVER AND WOKE RACISM: HOW A NEW ...