In the 1952 Florida Senate race, George Smathers campaigned against incumbent Claude Pepper in the democratic primary, using this characterization attributed by journalists of the day as key to his ...

The country has been debating gun regulations for months. Later this week, a Senate committee will start work on various proposals, including a background check on every gun sale and a ban on assault ...

Media organizations, provided they operate with the sincere intention of being neutral observers when distributing news content, must always be on the lookout for words and phrases that sneak in ...

Battlefield Vegas, the indoor gun range just a short shot from the Strip, doesn’t quiz customers about their stance on gun control. But if people are going to debate the issue between bursts of ...

(RNS) — “Words move hearts,” Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf has famously said, “and hearts move limbs.” And when particular words are misapplied, they can move limbs to violence. Since the Israel-Hamas ...

It was only a T-shirt, but it wasn't. The artists Dana Owens and Chip Fasciana apologized, late last week, for causing offense with their design for a T-shirt emblazoned with the term "Ghetto Chopper" ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has been accused of dishonesty, spreading falsehoods, misrepresenting facts, distorting news, passing on inaccuracies and being loose with the truth. But does he lie?

When you think of the word puro, what image comes to mind? What colors do you see? Is it tall? What does it taste like? Does it make a sound? Now hold that thought until February 21, when a panel of ...

Self-styled “peripatetic writer,” Harvard Shakespearean, and culture critic Garber (The Use and Abuse of Literature) collects loosely connected but fascinating essays (about half of them previously ...

The debate currently raging over guns goes beyond a disagreement over policy. Advocates on both sides literally disagree on the terms of the... Loaded Words: How Language Shapes The Gun Debate The ...