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These Quirky Words Are Spellbinding Oct. 13, 2021
Today, I serve up an alphabet soup of lettery lore. Letter rip! "Strengths" is the longest word in E... Read More
Phoenician Oxen Earn 'A' for Effort Mar. 31, 2021
Why is "A" the first letter of our alphabet? Therein lies a "tail." The ancient Phoenicians, who dev... Read More
How to Protect Your Kids From Google Predators Mar. 13, 2019
The father of the World Wide Web is right: It's time to take back "complete control of your data." T... Read More
Recipe for Croissants: Add a Quarter Moon Jun. 27, 2018
The vibrant Latin verb "crescere" (to grow, swell) blooms blatantly in our words "increase" and "cre... Read More
How Can an Exception 'Prove' a Rule? Oct. 04, 2017
Q. I've been wondering about the expression "the exception proves the rule." Can you elucidate? I'd ... Read More
'Bro Culture' Companies May Do Poorly by Being Bad May. 11, 2017
What exactly does Uber have to offer that other companies do not? The ride-hailing service doesn't o... Read More
Clean Energy and Alphabet May. 03, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker and friend for the past 41 years just advised me to sell my 20 shares... Read More
Ford and GM Sep. 14, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Last November, you told me not to buy General Motors or Ford stock. Well, my stockbr... Read More
Flo & Friends
Apr. 16, 2014
