Judge Bruce M. Selya And His Brobdingnagian Phraseology

Bruce Marshall Selya is a federal judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. During his twenty-five years on the bench, Judge Selya has produced in excess of 1,2500 opinions. This places Judge Selya astern the tripartite of Judge Richard A. Posner, Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, and Judge Sandra L. [...]

Yo: The New Gender-Neutral Pronoun

Anybody who spends time writing is, at one time or another, vexed by the lack of a gender-neutral (should read sex-neutral) pronoun in the English language. Attempts have been made to overcome this problem either by avoiding indefinite pronouns, or by the use of his or her or his/her. Both of these fixes [...]