Language Skills, Like Wine, Should Get Better With Age
February 16, 2013
Next Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11:15 a.m. I’ll be speaking at the U-T’s Successful Aging Exposition at the Town and Country. A writer’s reality is
Read “Lederer on Language” every other Saturday in the San Diego Union Tribune and on this site
Next Saturday, Feb. 23, at 11:15 a.m. I’ll be speaking at the U-T’s Successful Aging Exposition at the Town and Country. A writer’s reality is
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Anyone who has imbibed the experience of Stephen Spielberg’s eloquent film “Lincoln” knows how Abraham Lincoln loved to infuse his statements with jokes that took
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Last week I featured in this space the top puns in my capacious collection and invited your submissions. Within a few days in poured more
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