Have you ever given some thought to how politicians and the media are well-schooled in the use of connotation versus denotation? Denotation is the basic definition of a word as found in the dictionary ...

My cousin Theresa was in Tower One when the first plane hit, so any discussion of 9/11 brings with it deep emotions that often make cool reasoning difficult or impossible. Truth be told, I have mixed ...

Your story on how the brain stores and organises words gave a fascinating glimpse into the neurological underpinning of category formation (5 January, p 10). It reminded me of the distinction, ...