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'Whatchamacallit', 'gizmo' and 'thingamajig': What we say when we can't find the right word—and why
Medical Xpress· 21 hours agoMore than 50,000 years ago, humans started speaking and we've not shut up since. Sometimes, though,...
Opinion | The Talented Democrats Who Aren’t Running for President
New York Times· 1 day agoAt a BBQ-for-Biden-Harris event, a small crowd of Democratic voters gathered recently for a quiet...
At Avignon Festival, Theater’s World Gets Wider
New York Times· 2 days agoUnder its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages. The critic Laura...
Seoul Politician Blames Rising Male Suicides on Decline of ‘Male Supremacy’
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoIf you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental-health crisis or contemplating suicide, call...
...Winner Mark Cousins, Tilda Swinton Are ‘On Fire’ for Painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: ‘She Was an...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoEverybody loves painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, including Tilda Swinton. “I messaged her a while...
Today's letters: Joe Biden still represents truth in the face of lies
Ottawa Citizen· 6 days agoRe: Joe Biden’s debate disaster — who could replace him on the Democrat ticket in November? June 29....
It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading
Airdrie City View· 7 days agoIn the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown's ...
Abuse and neglect investigations of aging Pennsylvanians are woefully slow. The results can be...
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoMost of Pennsylvania’s 52 county agencies responsible for protecting older adults are failing to...
Be grateful for what you have. It may help you live longer
Los Angeles Times· 7 days agoDeath may be inevitable, but that hasn’t stopped health researchers from looking for ways to put it...