When We Speak and Write, The Dog’s Got Our Tongue
February 6, 2016
In nine days begins the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Started in 1877 in New York City, it is, except for the Kentucky Derby, the
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In nine days begins the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Started in 1877 in New York City, it is, except for the Kentucky Derby, the
This month, presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a morning convocation at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. During his address to a large evangelical audience, Trump
Riddler Reacher at your service. That’s an anagramof my real identity, Richard Lederer, a reshuffling of all the letters in my first and last name.
In its annual vote on January 8, the American Dialect Society chose they used as a gender-neutral singular pronoun as its 2015 Word of the
Welcome to a yearlong centennial celebration of the San Diego Zoo, most universally voted the best zoo in the US of A. Starting with animals
Happy New Year. It’s nice to have You Near. To celebrate a brand new year, here are 35 brief definitions of words that have the
I am a proud resident of Scripps Ranch, and one of the men’s clubs in our community is named The Old Pros. The problem is
This is the time of year when teachers send parents evaluations of their children’s academic achievements and shortcomings. One teacher actually wrote, “Here is your
Dear Mr. Lederer: I am an old nut (nearly 80!) about limericks. You probably remember this one: I went to the Duchess for tea. It