Halloween Has Full Menu of Eerie Edibles
October 28, 2012
Falling on Oct. 31, Halloween is the year’s spookiest holiday. On that day we carve faces in pumpkins, dress in horrible costumes and go out
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Falling on Oct. 31, Halloween is the year’s spookiest holiday. On that day we carve faces in pumpkins, dress in horrible costumes and go out
In Johnny Hart’s B.C., an ant teacher asks her class, “Someone give me a sentence with a direct object.” One of the students responds, “You
The English language and the game of baseball would be immeasurably poorer without the fractured diction and unruly grammar of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and
Dear Mr. Lederer: I am a member of the local Womans Club. That’s the way it is currently spelled. After reading your columns I
Because the American presidency is the most powerful position in the most powerful nation on the planet, it’s not surprising that a number of our
Believe it or not, Monday is National Punctuation Day. Now you might think that celebrating those little and lowly dots, lines and squiggles is about
Dear Mr. Lederer: I received an e-message today and am more than curious to know whether any or all of the phrase “histories” truly describes
Recently I helped assess senior project presentations at Helix High School. I was amazed at how many graduating seniors continued to, like, overuse the word
My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I just couldn’t concentrate on the same old boring rind, so I got canned.