Editor's note: This piece was updated on Oct. 9 to correct the date of the start of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs initiative. With October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month, ...

I am grateful for words. I love to read them, I love to write them, I love to speak them and I love to listen to them. I know that words have power. Words have the power to soothe. I have used words ...

After my son, Teddy, was born 16 years ago, we sent a letter to friends and family that announced both his birth and the news that our son had Down syndrome. In this letter, we tried to explain our ...

Many post-election analyses blamed inflation. After all, voters commonly kick a party out of power after a spike in consumer prices. But other forms of inflation hurt Democrats too. President Biden’s ...

Charlie Kirk’s death is heartbreaking. Any loss of life to gun violence is. But what strikes me most is not only the grief, but the imbalance. In the weeks ahead, his story will dominate the headlines ...

Rosh Hashanah calls us to begin again − in our lives, our words, and the world we create. In Judaism, we’re taught that Torah study sustains the world − a reminder that words shape our choices, our ...

In his inaugural address, President Trump boldly declared the beginning of America’s “Golden Age.” Instead, with news and headlines that screamed “lowest 100-day approval in 80 years,” Trump’s Golden ...

George F. Will recently named five misapplied words. Here are our readers’ picks. August 8, 2025 at 2:53 p.m. EDTToday at 2:53 p.m. EDT Warning: This graphic ...