In our everyday conversations, we all speak movie lines
March 14, 2026
Americans have fallen deeply in love with that beguiling conspiracy of light and darkness and color and silence and sound and music that we call
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Americans have fallen deeply in love with that beguiling conspiracy of light and darkness and color and silence and sound and music that we call
DEAR RICHARD: In a recent edition of the Union-Tribune, I read the following sentence: “Santee leaders passed an ordinance banning children under age 12 from
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of our national birth certificate and mission statement, half my columns this year will be about the great American adventure. National
Many mean things have been said about politicians. They have even been skewered by a fanciful etymology for the word politics: poly, as in polygon,
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) generally gets credit for finding America. In grade school, many of us learned this ditty: In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed
The year 2026 marks the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — our national birth certificate and mission statement. Throughout 2026, half of
According to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer, males shed their antlers in
Here’s a little finger exercise. Make a circle with the fingers on your left hand by touching the tip of your index finger to the
Thanksgiving Day is mainly a celebration of the harvest, giving thanks for bountiful crops. Traditionally, a particular meal in 1621 is thought to be the