On Language: A team by any other name

Responding to the news of a presidential insistence that the Cleveland Guardians, once Cleveland Indians, and the Washington Commanders, once Washington Redskins, should reclaim those original names, New York Times columnist John McWhorter explored the intersection of American sports and politics.

However, although what McWhorter, a linguist, says is always incisive, my mind is in the mood for a lighter touch, and so I will deal with McWhorter’s perceptive views another time.