Inauguration Speeches are Omens of Things to Come
January 14, 2017
This coming Friday, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as America’s 45th president. The story behind the word inaugurate is an intriguing one. It literally means
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This coming Friday, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as America’s 45th president. The story behind the word inaugurate is an intriguing one. It literally means
Tomorrow, one number on the celestial odometer will roll over, and we’ll all be inhabiting the year 2017. So let’s take some time to talk
A mondegreen is a word or words formed from a misinterpretation of what the word or words actually are, such as “take it for granite,”
Which speaker is a cannibal? a. Let’s eat, Grandma. b. Let’s eat Grandma. The answer is that the speaker in the second sentence is the
On December 11, 1916, a century ago tomorrow, the articles of incorporation for the San Diego Zoological Society were approved by the city. By the
Donald Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes has done some memorable interviews during the presidential campaign, but a recent gaffe on CNN may have been the
Recently I had the great pleasure of speaking about the centennial of our San Diego Zoo to the students and teachers at the Harry M.
“Like me to write you a little essay on The Importance of Subject?” wrote Ernest Hemingway to F. Scott Fitzgerald. “Well the reason you are
In this year of electile dysfunction, with just a few days left before the race for the presidency crosses the finish line, political jokes can