It’s been a big year for our culture. A huge year, one might say. Within the course of less than twelve months, we’ve witnessed history-making steps in the name of civil rights and social progress in ...

Back in 2016, recognizing that the range of human emotion extended beyond either "like" or "agnostic," Facebook went beyond the thumbs up, introducing a slew of new reaction options: the heart; the ...

Lisa Disney’s report of a spoonerism also serves to remind us of the days before instant communications: “My dad was a boilermaker, working at one of the plants south of us. He had to catch the ferry ...

After I mentioned church jokes, I heard from readers with their favorite tales. Mary Ann Aucoin, of New Orleans, says, “At Mass one Sunday the priest told this story during his sermon: “He was ...