Many years ago, and not multiple ones, the music of words counted toward greater meaning.

Europe is slowly but surely catching the panic infection that was born in 2001.

The West incongruously "needs" terrorism to remind it of the perils of a deeper sickness.

The Paris attack may seem all about Islamic militancy, but there's a second layer of purpose.

In the smart year 2015, the idea of "sleeping on it" gets less than short shrift.

Being a whimsical boy with worlds to conquer confuses adults who don't speak couch.

When a cat becomes a "c" minus its "at," rest assured "ho-/rmones" will follow.

Media reliance on a famous Fellini movie title misjudges and manipulates its real meaning.

When ostensibly accomplished male adults start talking like teens, teens rethink adulthood.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, and if you really must, please avoid asking gypsies.

"Frances Ha" and "The Heart Machine" reflect efforts to make sense of 21st-century big city love.