After wading through 10 pages of Bari Weiss's vision for the future of CBS News, and for the future of news in general, I'm a ...

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#4 may come as a surprise!

But, as a lover of words, there is a dark side. If I love words so much — you know, words like curmudgeon, cantankerous, ...

When people want to come off as intelligent, their words give away their lack of actual brainpower. Because people who try ...

This word doesn't exist—or rather, it shouldn't. The correct word is simply "regardless," meaning "without regard to" or "despite." According to a survey of nearly 2,000 native English speakers, ...

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Pūkeko use sound elements to create calls and combine them to create complex call sequences in order to expand the range of ...

A Deaf-led theatre production opening in Calgary is taking a different avenue for its performance, using no sound in its ...

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Communication often misfires between parents and adult daughters. Discover the hidden causes of the tension and the language ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...