Can you Name That Tune for each Bible character?
November 28, 2020
Tomorrow is the International Day of the Bible, when people around the world are encouraged to read the best-selling book of all time. Today
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Tomorrow is the International Day of the Bible, when people around the world are encouraged to read the best-selling book of all time. Today
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis recently turned to Twitter to express her outrage that Merriam-Webster dictionaries now include the word irregardless. “In case you thought
In the second half of the 19th century, America was flooded with new immigrants, “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” These fresh arrivals, especially
There are plenty of museums that house visual art. Now words are finally getting their due. The 51,000-square foot interactive museum dedicated to words
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We Americans are caught in the grip of a feverish, frenetic, fervent, frantic and frenzied presidential campaign that demonstrates why in England people stand
DEAR RICHARD: I am old, a few months from 90. So I have time to wander and ponder things., both significant and silly. Recently
The Union-Tribune’s Festival of Books will transpire next Saturday, August 29, 10 am – 5 pm. This will be the U-T’s first virtual celebration
DEAR RICHARD: Perhaps you can find a place in your column for this anonymous poetic definition of a pun. -Rick Miles, Sorrento Valley Two