EVERY SCHOOLROOM ON THE PLANET (WHTM) — National Pencil Day celebrates a piece of technology so commonplace we rarely stop to consider how remarkable it is. Specifically, it marks the day in 1858 when ...

To the editor: School just started. Here are some back-to-school words with etymologies worth knowing. “Book” comes from an old German word for beech tree. Picture people carving runes on tablets made ...

The mystery of the Incarnation is inseparable from the mystery of the Annunciation. Without Mary’s consent, the overshadowing Holy Spirit would not have conceived Jesus in her womb. The Word would not ...

To all who knew that the Oct. 31 answer was "lurch" or "Lurch," you raaang ... my chimes. Today's word contains six letters and can be a noun, verb or adjective. This word descends through ...