These ancient words of wisdom aren't just dusty phrases collecting in old books. They've survived thousands of years for a compelling reason: they actually work on our brains in ways that modern ...

One of the world's foremost experts on language talks about the momentous expansion in the variety and creativity of our language since the advent of the internet. Professor Crystal was awarded an ...

I regret that the wonderful African proverb "It takes a village to raise a child" has been politicized by its appropriation as the title of a book that Hillary Clinton wrote a decade ago. In some ...