Corrections
In a March 2 "Culturebox," Timothy Noah described the words humbug, poppycock, tommyrot, hooey, twaddle, balderdash, claptrap, palaver, hogwash, buncombe (or "bunk"), hokum, drivel, flapdoodle, and bullpucky as adjectives. In fact, they are nouns.
In a March 2 "Today's Blogs," David Wallace-Wells improperly used the term "dark matter" to describe anti-gravity forces. The correct term is "dark energy."
In a Feb. 28 "Today's Blogs," David Wallace-Wells mischaracterized blogger Ed Cone as a conservative commentator. He is a Southern journalist and liberal blogger.
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