Coming soon: a numerically special inauguration date
January 9, 2021
Happy New Year. It’s nice to have You Near. It’s also nice that we have finally reached a state of 2020 hindsight. In 11
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Happy New Year. It’s nice to have You Near. It’s also nice that we have finally reached a state of 2020 hindsight. In 11
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In 1822, the Reverend Clement Clarke Moore, a literature professor at a theological seminary in New York City, wrote for his children what many
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