Marie Kondo reflects on some elements of Japanese culture—kintsugi, umami, the kyureki calendar—that have informed both her ...

An L.A. Times reader explains why Joan Didion's 'Strangers in Hollywood' 'may be her best writing about Los Angeles.' ...

A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

Writing a letter of request to the universe is a kind of simple and effective ritual that will do good for your soul and your ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, ...

A generation raised on DMs and Discord can delve into how to write for people of all ages—and yes, AI can help them do it.

It’s the question every job hunter seems to be wrestling with: How do you get your resume in front of a human?

Staying connected to your child, however, cuts both ways. It opens you up and makes you bleed words of love and pain: ...

Americans, and the country they come from, as “garbage.” He uses language in a demeaning and hateful way. It is shameful to have the president of our country use infantile speech in such a hateful and ...

In sync with The Columbian’s take on artificial intelligence vs. that of columnist Kevin Frazier (Opinion Page, Dec. 2). Nobody requires AI be 100 percent perfect before it’s used. That horse has left ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...

As Christmas approaches, many families are writing letters to Santa, but the Ripple Effect program in Champaign is writing ...