I’ve been a professional journalist for 43 years, but that doesn’t mean I can spell a lot of fairly common words correctly. But over the years I learned to know what words I’d most likely misspell, so ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

English spelling is hard and needs to be taught explicitly, but most American schools fail miserably to teach children to spell. Kids who can't spell often do not read and write with proficiency ...