Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
One of my favorite newspaper corrections reads: “It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today is T-shirt Appreciation Week. It is actually Teacher Appreciation
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: I read your announcement about your forthcoming visit to our local library here in La Mesa. You refer to “the La
Happy Earth Day to all of you this Monday, April 22. In 1970, the first Earth Day began a “grassroots” effort to recognize each year
This past February 8, Walter Munk, arguably the world’s greatest oceanographer, shuffled off his mortal coil at the age of 101 and made his last
Tomorrow kicks off National Library Week, with the theme “Libraries = Strong Communities.” Decades ago, when I was teaching and writing in New Hampshire,
The English language abounds with alliteration — series of sequential syllables starting with the same sound. To prove my point and put my money
From alpha to omega, You can bet the alphabet, Like a painting done by Degas, Will leap and pirouette. See dancing words, entrancing words,
St. Patrick’s Day will cavort through a merry jig tomorrow. So today I am throwing some bull — not just any kind of bull, but
The 50th annual San Diego Union-Tribune Countywide Spelling Bee will take place this coming Thursday, March 14, at the Town & Country Hotel and Resort