The New York Times announced that the Merriam-Webster Dictionary “is wordsmaxxing” and NBC News described it as a “glow-up” of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

While not all "attack" ads are necessarily bad, recently, both political parties seemed to have found John Auchter's phone number, and the texts are just pouring in.

Michigan has spent a decade trying to improve how children learn to read. The latest results suggest there is still a long way to go.

Concerns about redundancy are back this week. It's the exact same thing we’ve talked about before, but this time about the expression "exact same."

The best strategy would be to build a coalition of allies as trading partners, creating a bulwark against a powerful, overbuilt Chinese automotive industry desperate for new markets. Instead, we have an administration driven by ego and petty grievances that is doing the exact opposite with tariffs and trade wars.

This may be one of the only times that throw pillows, golf, and curling all get wrapped into the same discussion.

Auchter: "I'm sure Mike Rogers would be happy to describe the GOP as "the party that abhors the government picking winners and losers," but the Trump administration has taken unprecedented opportunity for his government (and his own interests) to grab ownership stakes of private enterprises."

While people may agree that being proactive is a positive trait, the word proactive can elicit some very negative reactions, so to speak.

The U.S., and the people of the United States, received an enormous outpouring of goodwill in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Our friends and allies rallied to our aid to support and, in some cases, sustain us.

Is your cat running around in circles? Be advised, that kitty might be pixilated.