The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as ...

MANY YEARS ago, the Saturday Evening Post was one of the best-known magazines in the United States. But somehow I learned that the Saturday Evening Post actually was published on Wednesday morning.

The dictionary publisher said Americans from competing tribes looked up the definition to better understand divided politics at home and worldwide. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief If you’ve been ...

After the most disruptive and disreputable presidential campaign and transition in memory, I seriously relate to the words of “My Fair Lady” lyricist Alan J. Lerner from the song “Show Me,” which ...

As someone who grew up in the U.S. in the 1990s, I am all too familiar with a culture in which anything you and your friends disapprove of is “retarded,” and anybody you might care to insult is a ...

First Little Red Riding Hood’s big bad wolf no longer ate Grandma. Photo Ryn Gargulinski PC edits everything, from fairy tales to classic lit. Then new versions of the Bible popped up, replacing those ...

The English language is extraordinarily adaptable and our tongue friendly and receptive to innovation and creativity. Speakers of American English have welcomed words and coined new ones for accuracy ...