The art of creating puns is a rewording experience
March 18, 2023
A good pun is like a good steak — a rare medium well done. In such a prey on words, rare, medium, and well
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A good pun is like a good steak — a rare medium well done. In such a prey on words, rare, medium, and well
In America, we celebrate just about everything, so it may come as no surprise to you that today, March 4 (March Forth!), pun-up girls and
In today’s headline, note my punctuation of the federal holiday Presidents’ Day, not President’s Day. Why? Because the day salutes all the men who
DEAR RICHARD: While doing Civil War research, I often read affidavits regarding pension applications made in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A soldier
DEAR RICHARD: Whatever happened to grammar teachers? I hope the editors of the Union-Tribune (are there still such animals?) are alert for mistakes like
I’m 84 ½ years of age, which means that over the course of my life, I have taken more than a billion breaths and
Christmas is the time of year when people exchange hellos and good buys with each other and when mothers have to separate the men
The Artemis 1 rocket, named after the Greek goddess of the moon, is scheduled to splash down tomorrow after its 25-day mission. NASA’s ultimate
On a recent episode of the popular quiz show “Jeopardy!,” contestants were challenged to identify plural nouns that don’t end with the letter “s.”