For many reasons, including those I’ve already covered, JavaScript is a very popular programming language. In fact, according ...

To arrive at a language late is to see it without the forgiving haze of sentimentality that comes with imprinting—the fond willingness to overlook a flaw as a quirk. What I saw ...

A Chicago establishment described as "so much more than a bookstore" was named among America's "nicest" places by a nationwide magazine. Reader's Digest unveiled the five winners of its "Nicest Places ...

Semicolon Books in Chicago is so much more than just a bookstore. Here's why it's one of 2025's Nicest Places in America. Courtesy Danielle Moore “When people come together, we can write better ...

It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young ...

A new study shows a sharp decline in the semicolon across English literature—nearly a 50% drop in just two decades. Once a favorite of literary giants like Virginia Woolf, this tiny punctuation mark ...

The semicolon has been described as a "graceful pause" in writing. But this graceful punctuation mark is being forgotten. Mark Lasswell wrote a recent piece on the semicolon and why it's fading away ...

A new cafe with Korean shaved ice and brioche sandwiches has opened at the Founders Row development in Falls Church. Semicolon Cafe, a small New York City-based chain that also offers classic cafe ...