Thanksgiving is a Time When We Truly Eat Our Words
November 17, 2018
Thanksgiving Day is mainly a celebration of the harvest, giving thanks for bountiful crops. Traditionally, a particular meal in 1621 is thought to be
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Thanksgiving Day is mainly a celebration of the harvest, giving thanks for bountiful crops. Traditionally, a particular meal in 1621 is thought to be
I recently had the great pleasure of addressing members of the University of California Master Gardeners of San Diego County. One of the least-known
In this year of electile dysfunction, with midterm elections hurrying near, political jokes can be very powerful. That’s why so many of them get
What would you do if you opened your front door and saw Dracula, Frankenstein, a ghost, a ghoul, the Hulk, King Kong, a mummy, Quasimodo,
Next Saturday, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Town & Country Hotel in Mission Valley, the U-T will offer its 9th annual Successful
As a former Usage Editor of a major dictionary, I am pleased to present a special usage column designed to whet your appetite —
My recent column, “Here’s How You Can Tell If You Are a True Book Lover,” generated a billowing mail bag of luminous responses, so
William Shakespeare is alive and well and living robustly in America’s Finest City. On Monday, October 8, starting at 7:30 pm, the San Diego
Here are readers’ statements about books. The August 25 Union-Tribune Festival of Books, set in Liberty Station attracted between 15,000 and 20,000 book lovers.