In no particular order:

Translate Into English, by Kenneth Davis of Manage Your Writing. This post promotes writing with short, simple words. I always like his posts.

Two Quotes I wish I’d Written, by linguistics student Gabe Doyle, a fervent anti-prescriptivist.

5 Atrocious Science Clichés to Throw Down A Black Hole, from Wired. The title says it all. Seems no field is immune.

30 Words You Need to Stop Using Today, a cheeky, articulate and above all funny rant about clichés and buzzwords.

Write Like Me from Language Log. It’s about the same issues—her/she and like/as—that I discuss in You Don’t Drive Like Her.

Winning on the Uphills. Marketing guy Seth Godin writes about how we grow most when we’re challenged. Inspiring.

Have you read anything especially interesting?

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