Happy New Year! It’s So Nice to Have You Near!
January 4, 2020
A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. In fact, 80 percent of all New Year’s resolutions are
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A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. In fact, 80 percent of all New Year’s resolutions are
Late in the last century I was several times a speaker at the Dutch Treat Club, a group of New York writers and artists
How do cats greet each other at Christmas? “Have a furry meowy Christmas!” How do dogs greet each other at Christmas? “Yappy howl-a-days!” How do
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: My mother spent most of her life serving as an elementary school teacher. Before Mother recently passed away, she was in
A good half of the Latin vocabulary from back when Nero was emperor has found its way into English, and at least 60 percent
In the so-called good old days in the United States, as in Europe, which supplied the model, anyone who went to secondary school and
Thanksgiving is a delicious time of year to nibble on a spicy, meaty, juicy honey of a topic that I know you’ll savor and
Of all the literary sources that feed into our English language, mythology is one of the richest. We who are alive today constantly speak
I often sport a bow tie at formal events. I like bow ties because I think they look good, and even I can’t inflict