Jokes about husbands who can’t stand their wives are everywhere, but real life is often far kinder than the stereotype. When ...

The power of language lies in its ability to define human habits and values in a single word, and “abstemious” is indeed an ...

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. So yesterday, ...