Years ago I wrote in this space that I don’t recall ever hearing someone use “beg the question” to mean “raise the question.” A blogger stumbled across the column and deemed my assertion highly ...

The word "irony" is often used incorrectly. To explain the proper usage, I went to the website called IsItIronic.com. I came away more confused than ever about how to describe it. That is irony, I ...

I heard Monday from a reader who had a question about the expression “that begs the question.” He wrote: “I may have just missed it along the line somewhere but I’ve been following your writing for a ...