Say what you mean. Mean what you say. It’s a good rule of thumb for everyone, but it’s especially important for elected officials. Politicians get — and keep — their jobs by what they say. Their words ...

"Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. They need it so badly and they don't get it. It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, 'Oh, Cheers is on. Oh, ...

When a member of Congress publicly declares allegiance to another country over the United States, it’s bound to raise eyebrows — and for good reason. That’s what happened when U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, ...

It was a tragic day in journalism and America Thursday when a lone gunman stormed into the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and killed five people. They were editor and columnist Rob ...

The attorney general of Arkansas has rejected a proposed popular name and ballot title for a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would, according to the paper, "overhaul the state's ...

When it comes to combating antisemitism, clarity and moral urgency are essential — but they are not enough. Even the most righteous message must be shaped with precision if it is to persuade, not ...

Perhaps it is cliche to use Abraham Joshua Heschel’s famous line “words create worlds” when writing about language in a Jewish publication. It is a phrase the great rabbi, scholar and activist of 20th ...

We are the first to admit we are word nerds. As journalists, the importance of language and its usage is what we think about on a daily basis. We recognize that some of the most inclusive, diverse – ...