Let's turn away from pet peeves to language we love. My last column applauded a reader who turned a lovely phrase: He wrote that someone using bloated language is creating "the illusion of fluency." ...

Are you looking to be inspired by a new biography? What about cracking open a heart-racing thriller? There’s always romance, too, if you're in the mood for love. Whether you’re picking another book ...

After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, handwriting analysis researcher Mara Merlino got a strange phone call. The person on the line seemed to seek her endorsement of a highly dubious report ...