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

This past Saturday, May 4, marked the 150th (sesquicentennial) anniversary of the running of the Kentucky Derby. The premier event took place at Churchill Downs,

DEAR RICHARD: The word buck has nine different definitions as presented in dictionary.com. This set me to wondering “Is there a definition of words with