Working with an editor on my memoir taught me to appreciate how rapidly language changes. Like floodwaters, it flows, alters course and refuses to be controlled. The French have tried to apply rules to their native tongue, hoping to preserve its purity, but snippets of English breach

Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointments seem to be based on each candidate’s ineptitude.  Rick Perry, head of the Department of Energy, forgot the department existed in his disastrous bid for president. (Click)  Scott Pruitt,  assigned to lead the Environmental Protection Agenc