Language Games

In a sign of cultural divisions even within a Blue state like Maryland, the Washington Post reports that dual-language immersion programs are on the rise in the D.C. area, while the Baltimore Sun says that the city government in Taneytown, Carroll County, has passed a resolution making English its official language -- this despite the fact that only 1.5% of city residents are Latino, and only 37 out of 5,000 claim to speak English less than "very well."