Twenty twenty-five: a year when geopolitics sanctified populism, protectionism, personalism and proto-fascism. It was a year ...

Public officials don’t get to say they want to shoot people and then get upset when police take them seriously, as Jasper ...

As audiences buckle up to experience a new original sci-fi film by director Steven Spielberg in a few months, it's perhaps a ...

“Gifted” used to be an adjective, basically used as a term for smarty-pants kids. Or, to broaden it, to describe anybody with unusually strong abilities that they were born with. Like, say, not just a ...

The word “convivial” is derived from Late Latin convivialis meaning “pertaining to a feast,” from Latin convivium meaning “a feast,” from convivere “to carouse together, live together,” and from the ...

Nikola Jokic’s two highest-scoring games of his career have been in Denver’s last two home games against the Timberwolves.

Software engineering is the branch of computer science that deals with the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications. Software engineers apply engineering principles and ...

The word “munificent” is adjective that can describe someone who is very generous. It can also describe something that is ...

A loyal person is special. They make for great partners. Not only are they trustworthy, but they are also willing to do ...

The word “incandescent” is an adjective with two meanings. The first meaning describes something that emits light as its ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shane O'Neill of The Washington Post about the word "aesthetic" and its evolution from art criticism and design theory to online speak and the White House.

Columnist Dick Yarbrough, in a humorous year-end article, recounts 39,000 words, political pokes, typos, heroes, and ...