Chris Matthews Less than six weeks before the general election (Nov. 4), American voters would do well to consider a few facts...

Human intestines Nineteen years ago, I had my first colonoscopy. My then-wife and I had returned from a trip to California, during which...

A. Eggs, meat, dairy and fish. Meat up It follows that, unless vegans and strict vegetarians take a B12 supplement, they are getting...

What gives? There is another redundancy that pops up often in the print and broadcast media, in ads, on bloggers’ sites, and in...

Let’s see … I need some cashews and pistachios. Where shall I go get them at a good price, Walgreen’s or CVS? Walgreens store Used to be,...

American workers Since 1894, Labor Day has been officially celebrated as a day to honor workers. It’s a time to reflect on the...

President Obama With the primaries over here in Florida, the midterm elections loom a little more than two months away. A poll shows...

The fulminator Mitt Romney Mitt Romney is at it again, condemning the man who bested him in the 2012 presidential election. How nice it...

Give me an and, the grammar cheerleader in me wants to shout. disjointed You’d think people had an allergy to and. These days, this...

Including from, including on, including in, including at … . Enough already. What I wanna know is: including what? Spare the word and...

Writers who get too hyphen happy end up with cluttered copy, despite the apparently skewed vision of some who think they look so dashing....

President Barack Obama President Obama’s approval ratings are way down, significantly less than 50 percent in the polls. The reason,...

“In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.” And God was and is everywhere. And so is the word...

“I’m not going to send you for a colonoscopy,” my primary-care doctor said. “We don’t do that anymore for people once they turn 70.” Man...

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing,...

HELP! Spare me from redundant use of the word. Redundancy reigns It is ubiquitous in combination with another verb, when either that verb...

President Obama In 2008 and again in 2012, I voted for Barack Obama for president. His current low approval ratings are due mainly, I...

President Lyndon B. Johnson Ten days ago, the nation observed the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, brought to fruition by...

Do you ever read a newspaper story, an advertisement, an essay or some other piece of literature and feel as though you’re being jerked...

Americans become outraged when they hear about people at the lower end of the economic spectrum receiving government welfare assistance...