It might sound like a schoolyard insult, but it’s not. An oxymoron refers to a word, phrase, or use of language that seems to directly contradict itself, and it is believed to come from the Greek ...

Criminals are people that commit crimes - what they do is against the law because they harm people. The term "Non-violent criminal" is an oxymoron. If you purchase a product or register for an account ...

Many years ago, I had the good fortune to attend a musical in New York City that was entirely in Yiddish, a presentation of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. The play, Gimpel Tam, was based on ...