Federal law in 1971 bumped Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Washington’s Birthday to always-on-a-Monday status. The travel ...

Q: I'm curious about the origin of "step" in "stepfather," "stepson," et al. — M.J.D., Baton Rouge, La. A: Me too. I always ...

Justices question whether Trump has the power to impose tariffs on most imports. The questions reveal much about where they ...

Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about Donald Trump's use of emergency law to impose global tariffs during oral arguments Wednesday.

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You may hear an Erin go bragh and a sláinte or two this St. Patrick’s Day, or try your luck at pronouncing some Irish names, but even on the most Irish of holidays, we don’t hear much of the Irish ...

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139: 23, 24 KJV). “Thinking” is a verb.

Yes, you can say it in English. But it's nicer if you say it in Italian. And even nicer if you preface it with "Buon giorno" (or "Buona sera", as the case may be). Believe me, the good will you earn ...

Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, Vol. 27, No. 4, Comparative Syntax of Austronesian Languages (November 2009), pp. 737-771 (35 pages) This paper presents a research agenda for investigating ...