In response to the language of Don Wycliff’s Oct. 18 column, I unfortunately must suggest that he head to a dictionary and look up the meaning of the word “cynical.” Looking at the ...

Learned a new word this week: "bobbleheads." More precisely, I learned a new metaphor, having heard the word itself long before, applied to those silly little dolls, with large heads, that bob up and ...

Are intelligent people more likely to hold negative views of human nature? Fictional characters, like Sherlock Holmes, Dr. House, and Frank Underwood (not to mention half of the principal cast of Game ...

Welcome to the Cynical Retreat Center. The Cynical Retreat Center is the nation’s first totally non-holistic sanctuary dedicated to the proposition that life is not a spa. In a world of feel-good ...