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Japan’s constitution enshrines the right to its pursuit but does not define it – and who ever has, satisfactorily? “A state ...

Especially with texting being such a staple in today’s communication, abbreviations, contractions, and other words that just don’t sound as if they possibly could be considered legitimate have become ...

The runner-ups were good but not good enough, as the word associated with pop singer Charli XCX and Kamala Harris is named ...

Another commonly misused phrase that makes even smart people look uneducated is “one in the same.” The correct version is ...

In the past, the United States has suffered demagogues like Senator Joseph McCarthy, Father Charles Coughlin, Governor George ...

Understanding how we feel about others – especially when romance, sex and desire get involved – is a complex task many of us struggle with. Here is the difference between love, lust and limerence.

As it turns out, there are two options: fiancé and fiancée. When the terms for an engaged partner evolved away from old-fashioned forms like “my betrothed” or “my intended,” speakers turned to the ...

Amendments 3 and 4, on adult recreational marijuana use and abortion rights, were the most hotly contested, and both received ...

Workers, especially women, come to Europe from the Philippines to look after children and the elderly or to work as ...

OK, guys, I have to ask: what in the Sam Hill are “feels”? I’ve written before about verbs becoming nouns (The Crozet Gazette ...