tractable \TRAK-tuh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile. 2 : Easily handled, managed, or worked; malleable.

""It's very important for me to find a person to fill the management ...Read More

abscond \ab-SKOND\ (intransitive verb) - To depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself -- used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid arrest or prosecution.

"They abscond with millions, yes? They abscond with ...Read More

Readers have sent me a fresh batch of bloopers from newspapers and magazines. Can you spot the blots?

1. "The signets had matured and their gander seemed to have mended his bullying ways." Is this about swans or seals? ...Read More

"I have been to the endodontist and the periodontist (and had dinner with my cousin, an orthodontist)," a reader wrote me a while back. "So why am I going to a dentist and not a dontist?"

And why am I thinking of a bad ...Read More

'Twas twenty two four, and all through the nation,

The buzzwords were flying, to much consternation.

With "disinformation" and "narratives" false,

Our "journeys" diverged amid verbal assaults.

Kamala served "word ...Read More