language

Am I the only one who's noticed a softening of our language over the years? There's been an effort to add padding to the word selections we’re supposed to use.

In a recent episode of "American Thought Leaders," host Jan Jekielek interviewed Dr. Syed Haider. As they discussed ...

"In the Name of Confucius" is the first documentary film exposing the growing global controversies surrounding the Chinese ...

The University of Southern California's (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the word ...

Commentary The other day, I was walking out of Penn Station in New York and had to step ...

Commentary “Language is the perfect instrument of empire.”—Antonio de Nebrija, bishop of Ávila, 1492 The bishop was correct, ...

The Treasury Board is rejecting an idea pitched by some Indigenous public servants to offer "blanket exemptions" from ...

The proportion of Canadians who mainly speak French at home continues to decline in nearly all provinces and ...

Commentary Language is a critical tool for communication among humans; we cry “watch out” when a speeding car hurtles toward ...

With the school year wrapping up this week for the few remaining states still going, kids across the ...

Commentary Wording is no doubt a small thing by comparison with the horror of a mass shooting such ...

The official languages commissioner says events broadcast live on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Facebook page must be accessible in both English ...

Commentary Change in linguistic usage is normal, and it can either add to or detract from language’s expressive ...

It’s not easy to learn a new language, but there are many ways in which you can trick ...

Commentary Some algorithm somewhere has decided that I'm undereducated, because regularly, I receive via my internet server invitations ...

Commentary Every year I receive from the United States a number of Christmas cards, or at least cards ...

Commentary There are only two ways to fight for liberty. One of them is physically. But our friends ...

By Andres Lares Whether you're meeting someone for the first time via Zoom or hosting a new client meeting, ...

Commentary Sometime around 2016, the word “Latinx” popped onto the linguistic radar. The term is a new way ...

Commentary How did we get here? How did we arrive at a place where an individual’s worth depends ...

Language is being altered, and as definitions are being changed, the narratives using this language have likewise become ...

The British Columbia government has removed gendered language from its regulations as part of a broader movement driving ...

A baby born with a life-threatening seizure disorder has beaten the odds. He was not expected to live ...

A private K-12 school in Manhattan is encouraging its students to stop using the terms "mom," "dad" and ...

Commentary The U.S. State Department announced last August that Confucius Institutes established by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

Commentary The mills of political correctness grind exceeding fine: Nothing is too unimportant to escape their grinding action. ...

Commentary Seventeenth-century poet and intellect John Milton predicted, “When language in common use in any country becomes irregular ...