Victor Wishna's work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Baltimore Sun, the New York Post, NPR, KCMetropolis.org, and others. His writing and editing services firm, The Vital Word helps find the right words for nonprofit, corporate, and individual clients. Follow him on Twitter: @vwishna.
If you’re like an estimated 160 million people around the world, then you’ll be tuning in tonight to watch the ...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: What’s black and white and red all over? If you said “newspaper,” congratulations—you ...
This past Wednesday was National Thesaurus Day, and I completely failed to notice. How embarrassing. Upsetting. Awkward. Disappointing. Discomforting. Discomfiting. ...
What’s in a name? Or a common expression? Or, for that matter, so many of the seemingly mundane words and ...
As another year—2011, for anyone who’s counting—came to an end, we got to delight in/had to suffer through another round ...
Yes. Today is already December 18. And you know what that means: Hanukkah is only two nights away! Also, Christmas ...
Ah, Words with Friends: the addictive touchscreen bastardization of Scrabble that is now so popular that even the most (only?) ...
This may sound just a tad ungrateful, but I hate thank-you notes. It’s not the thank you—I have no problem ...
Well, as you can probably tell by the fact that your neighbors have had their Christmas lights up for nearly ...
Brunch: It’s not breakfast, it’s not lunch; it’s neither, and both. I’m not talking about what you order—that’s totally up ...