Timothy Jay, a scholar in the science of swearing, has a few choice words about why we curse and how to cut back (if you want ...

Q: We learned in this past week’s Torah portion, Parshat Vayechi, about Jacob’s blessings to his sons, and to Ephraim and Manasseh. From this, we see that blessings have power. But one could ...

There’s also the question of whether certain curse words carry more power than others. And then you’re not just looking into personal feelings about language, but cultural context as well. “ ...