I would guess that the vast majority of people don’t know all of the aspects of socialism. Way to insult your readers, Robert. I’ll sure make sure to never read you again.

Oh Tyler. You certainly are thin skinned and confused. If that is all it takes to offend you, we have a phrase to describe you: “fresh meat.”

And, you know, one doesn’t go to a dictionary to find “all of the aspects of socialism.” A dictionary is not the proper resource to find indepth treatment. People may not know “all the aspects of” syphilis either, but they don’t have to go to a dictionary to know what it is.

Bet you didn’t know you had so many (funny) Republican readers.

Socialist = A bleeding heart philanthropist with other people’s (usually public) money.

Sounds like the Pres. elect to me.

Can I bring this back to reality, please: If you ever blaspheme James Garner again, I will go Socialist on you, Bob.

The headline said “MAVRIK”, the story talks of “Maverick”. Which was the popular search argument?

Did anyone review this article?

These are sad times for the English language, without a doubt. Many teachers, schools (and parents) have been doing a great disservice to young people for a long time. This is what comes of trying to make school “fun” and “fair to all.” School was not particularly fun nor fair until the past 20 years or so. You learned your lessons, did your homework, and took whatever grade you earned, not the grade that was going to make you “feel good about yourself.” Now children are rewarded equally, whether they do the work or not. They pass to the next grade whether they should or not. God bless those teachers who stand against that kind of “education” and insist that students pull their own weight.

As for the poor working parents who have no time to spend helping their children understand, or making sure their homework is done — that’s just more of the “poor me” attitude that’s so rampant today. My mother worked full-time long before most mothers worked, and I worked when my children were young, too. But it’s all about priorities. What’s more important? Teaching your child to read and write the English language properly or climbing that ladder to professional success? If you choose to have children, then you should also choose to make sure they understand and properly use the English language, among hundreds of other things that good parenting requires. And Dads aren’t off the hook either, by the way. It really doesn’t matter which parent takes charge, but one of them must. Amazingly, children left unaccountable choose play time over learning every time — can you believe it?!

Personally, I’m not worried that our President-elect may appear to the Chicken Littles of the world to be a Socialist. I’m just absolutely thrilled to death that he can actually put words together in a proper and sensible way! We’ve just been through eight years with a President who slaughtered our language to the point of being an embarrassment. I can only imagine how often Laura (a librarian!) has been humiliated over the years. I find it hard to believe that George W ever went to school — any school — much less college. He’s quite a bit older than the average English mangler, but he seems to have been graduated from the School of Fail Forward, where it was easier for a teacher to pass him than argue with his Daddy. So, CHEERS! to a new President who will hopefully be an inspiration to young people to study hard, work hard, choose their words, and take pride in their country’s language.

Just goes to show you how much mileage the press got out of the work-up to the elections that they are now reporting on words looked up…where? Who says that the words were looked up X number of times? Who verifies those facts? Have none of you ever read the R Document? GOOGLE CONSPIRACY!