Years ago I wrote in this space that I don’t recall ever hearing someone use “beg the question” to mean “raise the question.” A blogger stumbled across the column and deemed my assertion highly ...

The word "irony" is often used incorrectly. To explain the proper usage, I went to the website called IsItIronic.com. I came away more confused than ever about how to describe it. That is irony, I ...

During the 19 years that I have written this column, I have commented several times about the rampant misuse of the phrase "beg the question." The misuse is increasingly more common than the correct ...