Names

Don't You Just Love When They Use The Movie Title As A Line In The Movie? (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy


Videogum blogger Gabe Delahaye does not love it. Not even a little bit. He's spent what looks like countless hours compiling every instance of this ph...

Larry Whitten, Hotel Owner, Orders Hispanic Workers To Change Names

AP | MELANIE DABOVICH | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


TAOS, N.M. — Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel. The tough-talking f...

Referendum 71: US Supreme Court Judge Blocks Release Of Names In Gay Rights Ballot Fight

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who sig...

Naming, and Why It Matters

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living


Deborah Jiang Stein

With two names in my pocket, I've come to hold vast curiosity about naming and how our lives are impacted by what people call us. (Yes, even the curse words we've been called.)

Meet Mike Crapo: Lawmakers Who Twist Tongues With Difficult Last Names

Politco | Erika Lovley | Posted 07.03.2009 | Style


Nearly 25 percent of Capitol Hill lawmakers have surnames that are hard enough to pronounce that they're listed in the Congressional Quarterly pronunc...

The Shelf Talker: Naming, Discounting and Hot Chicking

Kevin Smokler | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media


Kevin Smokler

Just from asking around, missing the LA Times Book Festival this past weekend was the social equivalent of toilet paper on the shoe.

Baby Names: Ten Underrated Beauties

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 06.04.2009 | Style


Pamela Redmond Satran

Sometimes, the answer is that a name was just too popular too recently for parents to appreciate its intrinsic wonderfulness: for example the lush biblical Deborah.

The Monkey and the Smoking Gun

Arthur Fournier | Posted 04.16.2009 | World


Arthur Fournier

Is there any hard evidence that Whites have historically considered Blacks as less than human? The answer to that question is "yes," and it is to be found in a study of Haitian names.

Mars Merkaba: Craziest Celebrity Baby Name Ever?

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment


Pamela Redmond Satran

Just when we think we've heard it all, along comes a new celebrity baby name -- Twitty Milk, new daughter of singer Erykah Badu and rapper Jay Electronica -- to stump the masters.

The Immortality of the Name

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy


Earl Pomerantz

It's fun watching kids learning stuff they didn't know. Grownups are more knowledgeable, of course. But we may not be as knowledgeable as we think.

Morocco: Disappearing the Amazigh

Jillian York | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


Jillian York

What is Moroccan identity? Is it Arab identity? The official language of Morocco certainly is Arabic, but it is estimated that 23 of Morocco's 30 million people speak one of three Amazigh dialects.

A "Surge" by Any Other Name Would be a Reinforcement

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


Reese Schonfeld

To "name" an issue is to frame the issue, and ultimately to own it. That's why Barack Obama is having such a hard time answering questions about our recent successes in Iraq.

Bad Baby Names And What They Do To Your Kid

New York Times | J. Marion Tierney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Studies showed that children with odd names got worse grades and were less popular than other classmates in elementary school. In college they were mo...

Michael Is The Most Popular Baby Name (Or Is It Jayden?)

New York Times' City Room Blog | Jennifer 8 Lee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says the most popular name for boys last year was Michael, according to its 2006 baby name d...