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Let the Currents of Chaos Carry You to the Port of Prosperity Jan. 09, 2026
Do you have a favorite movie? Is it "Citizen Kane"? Over the last seven decades, critics and filmmak... Read More
The First Three Laws of Travel Jan. 09, 2026
I was at the massive Temple at Luxor, where the pharaohs were crowned. The 3,500-year-old columns to... Read More
Shrewdly, These Words Have Improved Their Meanings Jan. 07, 2026
Five hundred years ago, if I had called one of my students "a shrewd lad with dogged ambition," he m... Read More
Now Is Not the Time To Test the Limits of Free Speech Jan. 06, 2026
Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer recently suggested on CNBC's "Money Movers" that governments must ... Read More
Then and Now, Money Talks Dec. 31, 2025
Some words are on the money. When the word "farm" entered English during the 1200s, for instance, it... Read More
A Breakthrough in Fingerprint Analysis Dec. 30, 2025
Fingerprints have long been considered the gold standard of crime investigation techniques. As early... Read More
Looking for a New Year's Resolution? Exorcise the Spirit of Ghosting Dec. 30, 2025
This has happened to you. It happened after a business meeting — perhaps several — that ... Read More
'Tis the Season for Reflecting Beyond your Reflection Dec. 24, 2025
Have you looked in the mirror lately? If you want to be a better person, maybe you should. No one li... Read More
Origin of 1920s Term Triggers Flapdoodle Dec. 24, 2025
As 2025, the centennial year of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, comes to a close, let's e... Read More
A Wild and Weird Year of True Crime Dec. 23, 2025
Mark Twain once remarked that "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged ... Read More
The Happy-Enough Holiday Is More Than Good Enough Dec. 20, 2025
On my 11th Christmas, my parents were preparing to divorce. At the time, I didn't know that, of cour... Read More
The Wedding Almost Everyone Forgot Dec. 19, 2025
The first time Rosie and I got married, things just seemed to fall into place. Our guests all loved ... Read More
Reviewing the Jive of Two-Oh-Two-Five Dec. 17, 2025
Our language this year was hardly a heaven; In parlance of teens, it was 'no cap' '6-7.' Cliches wer... Read More
Why Antisemitism Is Not Just a Jewish Problem Dec. 16, 2025
"What is going on with Australia?" my wife asked. It's a good question. The horrific Bondi Beach sho... Read More
Lawyer Babble: The Fight to Strike Legalese Dec. 16, 2025
What is legalese? The New Oxford Dictionary defines it as "the formal and technical language of lega... Read More
Don't Avoid Emotional Pain -- Manage it Instead Dec. 12, 2025
Ever had a coworker sabotage your project at work? Has an underperforming employee lost you a client... Read More
Songs for Creating Demons Dec. 12, 2025
Not to plug my new supernatural thriller, "The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon," but you may... Read More
Murder on the 'Orientate' Express Dec. 10, 2025
Q: Is "orientate" a valid word? I always thought it was just "orient," but I hear people say things ... Read More
Lincoln Did Not Extol Himself -- He Extolled His Country Dec. 09, 2025
As I listened to the news that the National Park Service will cut Martin Luther King's Birthday and ... Read More
Let's Reclaim Our Democracy by Marginalizing Extremism Dec. 05, 2025
After the recent government shutdown, many of us are questioning — and not for the first time ... Read More
