The Readers Weigh in About Sexism in Our Language
September 15, 2018
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Regarding your recent column about language bias against women, I will be delighted when the Museum of Man is called something
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DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Regarding your recent column about language bias against women, I will be delighted when the Museum of Man is called something
In early September each year, Americans celebrate National Grandparents Day, to honor the many contributions that grandmothers and grandfathers make to humanity. It was
In bygone days, an essential part of a wandering peddlers’ business was the buying and selling of old gold. To test the value of
I, Richard Henry Lederer (which means “powerful estate ruler leather worker”), will bet the farm, my bippie, and my bottom dollar that you, valued
A week from today, 10 am-5 pm, the Union-Tribune and KPBS, both of whom I’ve worked with , will launch our city’s second annual
***Read an extraordinary poem by a high school student*** *** Mark Twain called it a good walk spoiled, and Oscar Wilde defined it as a
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Cleaning out a drawer, I found an envelope with newspaper clippings from 1944-1960 that had stories about relatives and friends. In
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: My granddaughter, who is a college senior, tells me that as long as one can understand the meaning of what a person
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: Now that the white board has all but replaced the old blackboard, what should we use to describe something irritating as