DEAR WORD COURT: When I was in high school, a teacher who was a grammar Nazi made a fuss about "principal" and "principle." She definitely impressed on me that there's a difference between the two ...

DEAR WORD COURT: When I was in high school, some years ago, a teacher who was a grammar Nazi made a fuss about "principal" and "principle." She definitely impressed on me that there's a difference ...

A few weeks ago, my friend John and I treated our three 17-year-olds to a boys’ night out. We started off at Bazbeaux downtown, inhaling guy pizza (read: pepperoni and sausage) and dissecting the big ...

One summer day in 1948 William C. Chance, an aging Negro high-school principal, got aboard an Atlantic Coast Line railway coach in Philadelphia, bound for his home in Parmele, N.C. When the train ...

Without establishing the correct static fill pressure, you are potentially spending time troubleshooting problems that aren’t there. The contractor started smiling as the homeowner and I were talking ...

Commitment, it too often seems these days, has become something of a quaint word and a malleable concept. Once it meant a promise not easily undone. Now, pro athletes who’ve signed lucrative contracts ...