Sign language is a natural way to help communication in the first year or so of life.
Posted 04.26.2012
After college, there are some words you will never have to use again. In some cases, it's refreshing to not have to say you are going to the libra...
Brenna Cammeron | Posted 04.09.2012
I try to explain my sensuous after-work activities to a friend, I sound more like I have a penchant for erotic massage than hibiscus shampoo.
Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 03.05.2012
It turns out to be difficult to tell when other people are lying. There are lots of cues that we believe will tip us off to whether someone is telling the truth. But, these cues aren't really reliable indicators of truth telling.
Carolyn Bucior | Posted 01.31.2012
Just one child. Just a waitress. Just an average student.
Alisha L. Gordon, M.Ed. | Posted 01.20.2012
What we say has the power to bring life or death to any situation, person, or circumstance. The most detrimental component to speaking death to someone, much like what is said in cases of bullying, are the words that we release into the atmosphere.
Robert Rosenthal | Posted 12.29.2011
To my father, Spam was canned ham. To my daughter, it's naughty, annoying email. Here are 21 more expressions which mean something totally different to him than to her.
Imam Khalid Latif | Posted 10.18.2011
Fasting is about a lot more than not eating or drinking. It serves as an opportunity to become conscious of other habits and character flaws that we as individuals have and sets up an opportunity for us to try to overcome them.
Mim Harrison | Posted 10.09.2011
We Americans should all be talking the same by now. Television, chain stores and texting should surely have expunged from our tongues all those quirky regionalisms.
Posted 10.09.2011
In his essay "English and Welsh," J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that "cellar door" was the most beautiful word, as its sound is simply and intrinsically ple...
Jane G. Goldberg, Ph.D. | Posted 10.06.2011
The emphasis on pure talking with no other addendums -- no eye contact, no bodily gestures -- is what uniquely defines psychoanalysis, separates it from all other therapeutic methods.
Rick Holland | Posted 08.31.2011
"Poetry" does not only live in established poetic institutions and counter institutions. It exists precisely and exactly wherever you sense it.
Larry Cox | Posted 07.26.2011
Today millions across the Middle East and North Africa are using their voices to demand their rights and freedoms. In some ways the unfolding drama of the Arab Spring mirrors Amnesty International's story.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011
Everything we think, say and do has an effect on everyone and everything else. This means that our thoughts and actions can lead to chaos and destruction as easily as they can to healing and friendship.
John Backman | Posted 06.20.2011
By using the metaphors of evil, we belittle our adversaries by placing them in categories that would never fit us. How do we change this state of affairs?
Frank Luntz | Posted 05.25.2011
These are the phrases that you should or would be hearing if the political leaders were listening and communicating effectively.
Lesleyann Coker | Posted 05.25.2011
Sarah Palin is a master of self-immolation. In the month since the horrific shooting in Tucson, Palin squandered an opportunity to help mend the coun...
npr.org | By Geoff Nunberg | Posted 05.25.2011
There are more threats on politicians on both sides now, but not a lot of people are unhinged enough to actually try to carry out attacks. And once so...
Ami Fields-Meyer | Posted 11.17.2011
Retarded. It's ubiquitous. I can't escape it. But I have never gotten used to hearing it. Some words serve a variety of purposes; but some are meant to be attached to one exclusive definition.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Although most likely better remembered for Snookie and Kanye's Tweets, 2010 also had its fair share of momentous grammar events. From misused to apost...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
We've now spent half the day playing with Google's new ngram app that by searching all the digitized books, allows you trace the usage of a word over ...
Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011
Image courtesy of www.sharesale.com When the Vatican chooses a new pope, the traditional white smoke swirls out of the chimney of the Sistine Chape...
languagemonitor.com | Posted 05.25.2011
AUSTIN, Texas November 15, 2010 -- The Global Language Monitor has announced that Spillcam is the Top Word, Anger and Rage the Top Phrase and Chinese ...
Posted 05.25.2011
As a kid, did you ever dread being sent to the principle's office? Or have you ever asked someone to be discrete with delicate information you've giv...
Yehuda Berg | Posted 11.17.2011
Once we have the awareness that our words are what sets us apart from the animal kingdom, we might consider using them with greater consciousness and awareness.
Ruth Neubauer | Posted 05.21.2012