Our secretary of defense—who insists you call him secretary of war—is a deeply insecure man. We’ll be lucky to survive him.
This is how the government turns protected speech into a federal crime.
“Shut up. To keep a daughter’s father-in-law happy you need to do a lot. See even President Trump had to appoint Ivanka’s father-in-law as the ambassador to France, and he has irritated the French ...
'Riding St George', 'pully-hawly', and 'blanket hornpipe' - you'd be forgiven for thinking these whimsical terms from the ...
Imagine you are standing outside on a cold, snowy winter morning. The air is so chilly you can see your breath. Then, the sun comes out from behind a cloud, and you suddenly feel a gentle warmth on ...
Victoria was ablaze this summer. We fought fires from Walwa to Ruffy, from Carlisle River to Wonnangatta Valley. As a radio ...
Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, even Captain Kirk - you've been twisting their words ...
Language is one of the first aspects of a person that others notice. During each interaction you have, your speech helps to depict your intelligence. Of course, being book-smart doesn’t necessarily ...
This winter I added a new verb to my vocabulary … "penguin". I might say, “When the sidewalk is icy, I penguin over the slippery parts.” Walking like a penguin makes me feel safer when traversing icy ...
Pam Abbott, managing director at SteppingStones recruitment agency in the Cayman Islands, shares her top tips to make your ...
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Books & the Arts / In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he ...
In the Dictionary.com entry, under American English, the noun “Swiftie” is defined as “a fan of the music of Taylor Swift.” ...