Collecting My Thoughts

When I hear the word "grab" in church it just doesn't feel right. "Grab a communion cup," or "Grab your Bible a...

 I've seen so many reruns, I'm seeing words. . . in Roadshow . . sort of like scrabble. If I used plurals, I'd have more words. ...

While the government (Biden administration and the regulatory agencies it controls) steals pronouns that used to have meaning, it makes noun...

When a homeless, Canadian alien who crossed our porous southern border, hits Nancy Pelosi's husband in the head with a hammer even after...

Words have always been political. No language has more words than English/American. But with today's deconstruction and destabilization ...

 The Lord's Prayer has 56 words. Gettysburg Address has 268 words. The Declaration of Independence has 1458 The U.S. Constitution has  4...

 

 Another high official in government has also tested positive for Covid although fully vaccinated with 2 boosters--the Michigan Supreme Cour...

 And lately I use Thingamyjig and Whatchamacallit a lot.  Useful at my age. Don't believe I've ever used skewwiff--meaning askew.

We can say, "China doll." We can say, "dinner China." We can say, "Chinese calligraphy." We can say, " Ch...

This is what "science" has become. Woke. Notice that women no longer go into labor, "pregnant people" go into labor. Thi...

I might be ostentatious, but I'm not an "inkhorn." I prefer plain English. In fact, I'd never heard the word inkhorn used...

Polygraph comes to our language from the Greek polygraphos , meaning “writing much.” Before it was used to refer to a lie-detector the word...

If you want to hate Trump, at least don't misname what you are doing. "No, sorry, YOU ARE NOT A RESISTANCE, because USA is not a ...

We have a new sheriff in town.  Remember when mothers would tell their toddlers, "Use your words, not your fists."  We may regret ...

I've become too accustomed to having my spell check catch my typos and memory lapses (don't have it for FB on my old computer). Tod...

The president says words don't matter, he doesn't have to call terrorists radical jihadist Muslims because those are just words. L...

Diversity Multiculturalism Transparency Pro-choice wage gap Inclusive Gender Constitutional scholar Red line/line in the sand Ina...