Standing in a crowded elevator recently, I was privy to a conversation going on between two college students in front of me. The young women were casually chatting about their day while repeatedly ...

An interesting column by one of my favorite commentators, Prof. John McWhorter. An excerpt: Precincts across the nation do, in fact, have rules against profanity on the job. However, they are barely ...

“There is no influence like the influence of habit.”- Gilbert Parker My thought is that profanity has five salient influences in modern living. These influences delineate many of the current issues ...

It used to be something limited to locker rooms and and certain job site but now you see and hear it more often. Profanity can also be called cursing, cussing or swearing. At one time, swearing was ...

It goes back to the beginning of time.” The late comedian George Carlin, famous for his profanity-laden routine “The 7 words ...