It might sound like a schoolyard insult, but it’s not. An oxymoron refers to a word, phrase, or use of language that seems to directly contradict itself, and it is believed to come from the Greek ...

“Clearly confused” would be considered an oxymoron. You know what an oxymoron is, don’t you? It’s a phrase that combines two words with opposite meanings; a figure of speech in which two apparently ...

Mark Twain once said that America is the greatest nation on the face of the Earth for two reasons. First, every citizen has the right to say exactly what they believe. Second, most are smart enough to ...

Many years ago, I had the good fortune to attend a musical in New York City that was entirely in Yiddish, a presentation of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. The play, Gimpel Tam, was based on ...

Whenever I hear the phrase, “democratic socialism,” I’m reminded of Woody Allen’s comment about restaurants in the Catskills: “The food isn’t very good, but at least the portions are small.” ...