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August 16, 2025
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. -Dr. Seuss For book
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. -Dr. Seuss For book
An old American folk rhyme chuckles: Where can a man find a cap for his knee, Or a key for a lock of his hair?
Next week, Comic-Con returns to San Diego, where, back in August 1970, it began life as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in the basement
William Shakespeare began his comedy “Twelfth Night” with the line “If music be the food of love, play on!” About a century later, playwright William
I am a freelance writer of magazine and newspaper columns and articles. That means that I write these pieces on a fee-paid assignment basis rather
Recently, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in Washington, DC, celebrated its centennial. Since 1925, children across our fair land have competed in classroom, school,
DEAR RICHARD: I have a difficult time when people say, “I’m outa here” when they are still right here. If they were truly “outa here,” they
The typographical error Is a slippery thing and sly. You can hunt till you are dizzy, But somehow it will get by, Till the forms
One of my favorite newspaper corrections reads: “It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today begins T-shirt Appreciation Week. It is actually Teacher Appreciation Week.”