Sitting on my patio the other day, listening to the birds, sipping a glass of raspberry seltzer, and admiring the contrast of the orange day lilies with the blue and pink hydrangea, I was reminded of ...

What's the most beautiful word in the English language? Different people, using various criteria, will give a slew of answers. Surveying more than 7,000 English speakers in 46 countries, the British ...

The Hebrew word ḥ eshbon, pronounced “khesh-BONE” (with the second vowel halfway between an “o” and an “aw”), can mean sum, arithmetic, bank account or bill, and is also found in a number of common ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Tuesday is election day. Leading up to the general election, signs for candidates and ballot questions have popped up outside of yards and businesses. But if you’ve had your ...

A friend upbraided me yesterday for stating that the most beautiful words in the world are “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed ...

You might have missed it, but a passage in author Christopher Hitchens’s 2010 memoir, Hitch-22, triggered a happy buzz among library bloggers at the time, and it can still judder the heart of library ...