“Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” asked Professor Henry Higgins in the musical “My Fair Lady.” It’s a good question for Americans, especially millennials. On a recent flight ...

Most of the business people I encounter, to their credit, did not major in English. According to John Irving”s insightful, title character in A Prayer for Owen Meany, “You don”t have to do anything to ...

As I stopped at a local drive through for coffee this afternoon, I was startled by something I heard during our transaction. I handed the clerk at the window a $10 and received my coffee. She had long ...