Words are enormously powerful tools that most people don’t fully appreciate. Although people recognize the importance of communication skills, they don’t necessarily grasp how to become more effective ...

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Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

For the better part of the past 20-odd years, I’ve begun most of my classes with a prompted freewrite. A statement by 20th-century Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein is not only a go-to prompt ...

Stephen Colbert opened his Wednesday monologue by blasting Donald Trump’s latest attacks on Chicago, flipping off the president with a barbed two-word message. The Late Show host said Trump has made a ...

An MSNBC analyst who suggested Charlie Kirk’s “hateful words” were responsible for his shocking assassination has been fired by the network. Political analyst Matthew Dowd appeared on the network as ...

Liberals are different from you and me. They have more gobbledygook. Their pretentious vocabulary is what's keeping progressives from connecting with everyday Americans, according to a memo prepared ...

When we lose someone to suicide, whether it was a public figure or someone we knew in our personal lives, most of us ask ourselves if there were anything that we could have done to prevent the loss of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

NEW YORK -- Jelena Ostapenko apologized on social media Saturday, three days after telling American Taylor Townsend that she had "no class" and "no education" following their second-round match at the ...