All this week, people are greeting each other with wishes for a happy new year. While there is a certain rote quality for many as they say it, I also believe that for many of us the greeting reflects ...

Hopefully a copy editor won’t remove the poorly chosen word that I’ve stuck at the beginning of this sentence. Hopefully is an adverb that ought to be used only to modify a verb. So why do we keep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fortune cookie: "Your greatest wish will come true." Dude. The world is gonna be wildly different. Tough luck to all who've ...

If I learn to sew and then teach a friend, the reason is hope—that we will share our experiences and that my friend will also be able to make the clothes she can’t buy. If I learn to garden, and then ...

All this week, people are greeting each other with wishes for a happy new year. While there is a certain rote quality for many as they say it, I also believe that for many of us the greeting reflects ...

Is there anyone who has not wished upon a star, made a wish before blowing out the candles on a birthday cake or crossed fingers as an added incentive for the gods of good fortune to smile upon us?