This short film by Chris Ramsay blends mystery and storytelling around the power of words, offering a concise, cinematic ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — One of the world's top crossword puzzle writers claims he has created a system to beat the word game Wordle. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Carlsbad to meet the King of Crosswords.

Several are on President Trump's personal list: climate change, Russiagate, and the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. History, by contrast, offers clearer, less politically fraught cases: the "missing link ...

About five years ago, I published a book called Magic Words. "A whole book?" some wondered. "Why can't you just give me a list?" Because the words aren't where the real magic lies. And yet, the media ...