Some people lament that speaking and writing these days are simply a collection of faddish clichés patched together like the sections of prefabricated houses made

Hoo boy. Now that Kamala (emphasis on the first syllable of her first name, please) Harris and Tim Walz are running for president and vice

For many years now, there has been circulating a continuously expanding poem. Its leaping-off place is the first verse of “That’s Amore,” the song by

DEAR RICHARD: In your recent column, you showcased 10 words that featured a huge number of different meanings. Another word with many uses is up.

Sometimes it seems that almost all Americans either play sports or watch them. Because competition occupies such a central place in American life and imagination,

The major-league baseball All-Star game in Arlington, Texas, will be played on Tuesday July 16. So I’m starting today’s column with this letter: DEAR RICHARD:

The Fourth of July is the most prominent all-American holiday — the birthday of our country — even though celebrating the Fourth didn’t become common

Almost eight decades after the end of the Revolutionary War (1776-1783), there erupted another war (1861-1865). Mostly known today as the Civil War, the conflict

Dear Richard Lederer: Have you ever done a column on spoonerisms? My husband and I find them amusing and entertaining, yet we are a little