Is the English Language Prejudiced Against Women?
August 4, 2018
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
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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
Next week, Comic-Con returns to San Diego, where, back in August 1970, it began life as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in the
“Have Smart Phones Destroyed a Generation?” asks SDSU psychologist Jean M. Twenge in a recent Atlantic magazine article. She concludes that, in many ways,
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to improvise new words to catch and crystallize the new realities
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: I wonder if you might write something about the two verbs bring and take? There is a dreadful trend at the
This past May 26, my celestial odometer flipped over, and I turned 80 years of youth. My column that day described my joy about
Why do so many weddings take place in June? Go back centuries, and you will find that the Romans traditionally married in June to honor