The painting depicts a mythical vision of the settling of the continent: A radiant classical goddess floats across the plains stringing telegraph wire as white farmers plow the earth and pioneers and ...

Some critics saw the wordplay as a nod, either unintentional or deliberate, to the discredited theory of eugenics.

George Banez “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”  Says Juliet to lover ...

They may look innocent enough, but there are some Utah city names with pretty odd pronunciations. Where did they come from, and how do you say them?

It is a great thing, indeed, to make a proper use of the poetical forms, as also of compounds and strange words. But the ...

Think the word ‘human’ was created by slapping ‘hu-’ on ‘man’? Think again: ‘Man’ and ‘human’ aren’t related at all.

My path to this harrowing moment began when I escaped nearly a decade of abuse from a pastor. I got a new job, packed my ...