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. Before assuming the editorship of ''Humanities'' in 2007, Skinner was an assistant managing editor at ''

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'', for which he frequently wrote. Prior to joining the ''Standard'' in November 1998, Skinner was managing editor of ''

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''. David Skinner has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The New Atlantis'', '' Education Next'', and other publications. He is on the usage panel for the

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. Until 2007, he edited ''Doublethink'', a quarterly journal for young writers published by America's Future Foundation. He also was formerly associated with the ''Galley Slaves'' blog, along with fellow ''Weekly Standard'' staffers Jonathan V. Last and Victorino Matus.Snapshot
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, of the "Galley Slaves" blog on July 23, 2007 Skinner's first book, ''The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published'' (), was published in 2012.

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* Review of ''The story of ain't''.

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