"The Joy of Madness", The Wall Street Journal (17 September 2015), A13.
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A friend last weekend said he thought the story about the University of New Hampshire's website publishing a bias-free language guide, which declared that use of the word "American" is "problematic," was a hoax. Of course, it was real.
— Dan Henninger
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About Dan Henninger
Dan Henninger is deputy editorial page director of the Wall Street Journal. He is also a columnist at the paper; his column "Wonder Land" appears every Friday. He is a frequent guest on the Saturday Fox News show Journal Editorial Report on which he discusses current issues with fellow Wall Street Journal editorial board members. Henninger is a graduate of Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 and has been a recipient of the George Loeb award.
About Dan Henninger
Dan Henninger is deputy editorial page director of the Wall Street Journal. He is also a columnist at the paper; his column "Wonder Land" appears every Friday. He is a frequent guest on the Saturday Fox News show Journal Editorial Report on which he discusses current issues with fellow Wall Street Journal editorial board members. Henninger is a graduate of Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 and has been a recipient of the George Loeb award.
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