”“guardian ad litem,” and “pro se”should not be italicized; they are generally accepted in everyday use. Here's a rule of thumb: If the term appears in the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, do not italicize it. (There will be exceptions....
(For the purpose of my argument I have chosen stylistically to un-quote and UN-italicize nigger. I have also decided against the use of the watered-down version, the n-word, as I feel that censoring this word directly defeats my argument.) Because of the usage of this demeaning epithet,...