“Thirty-Two Words for Field” is a book of considerable scholarship, irresistible to any linguist or philologist, and a rich and compelling immersion in language ... .
They closed the book this week on Elroy Face, who wore a gold sport coat and a casket for his final public appearance at Pat Lanigan’s funeral home on that dark wet street in Turtle Creek....
I read something the other day that basically said the Winter Olympics were just a quadrennial event that allowed folks to get ramped up about the sport of curling every four years ... .
Hawkish SenatorTom Cotton (R-AR) has never been a big fan of arms control agreements. His new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal confirms that his attitude has not softened in the slightest. The opening paragraph adopts a highly militant tone ... position ... .
Everyone I saw Sunday was smiling. Perhaps because Saturday was Valentine's Day, but it's far more likely they smiled because of the weekend's exceptionally warm weather ... .