The way presidents talk today has changed a lot since George Washington's time. Many have TV-friendly soundbites ready or fall-back phrases, like President Joe Biden's "here's the deal, folks." But if ...

Take a cursory glance at the history of language in advertising and you’ll notice one thing: simplicity rules the day. Whether that’s the number of images used or the exact wording of an advertisement ...

A long time ago, when I was a fledgling young trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, I tried a mock case in front of a federal judge, with high school students sitting in as a ...