One of the fringe benefits of being an English or history teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay. The original classroom blunder probably dates back to the day that ...

Pity the humble chicken. Few edible creatures are so vastly consumed, yet so socially snubbed. We may roast a chicken for our relaxed family table and enjoy it greatly, but in nicer restaurants, we ...

Who bestowed the first Pullet Surprise? After I wrote about the phrase, used to describe a malapropism, Bruce Welmers recollected that it had been the title of a book several decades ago. I checked ...

A reader passed this story along, wondering whether it described Birmingham's current political climate. Farmer John was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers ...