Languages & Names

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (450+ words) Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Merriam-Webster defines “copium” as “avoidance, denial, or minimization (as of a bad situation, problem, outcome, etc.)…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (734+ words) The Catholic Herald Bringing Scripture study into the app age Recent years have seen a revival of Scripture study among Catholics. Perhaps the single most important contributor to this biblical renaissance has been the St Paul Center for Biblical Theology....

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (695+ words) "If there's measurable harm here, we should be able to find that." A new study, co-authored by a MacEwan University researcher, suggests a cluster of words academics and professionals have been told to avoid might not be that harmful after…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (363+ words) Caledonian Record A young family walking at the park with a stroller. Americans love to show off their creativity when it comes to giving their children names. Rather than relying on certain classics they may love the sound of, trends…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (382+ words) Americans love to show off their creativity when it comes to giving their children names. Rather than relying on certain classics they may love the sound of, trends show new parents are opting instead to provide their own unique spellings....

5+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1065+ words) Winnipeg 16° C, Sunny The partners — 60 in total, according to Monday’s announcement — include frontier AI labs, corporations, philanthropies and others already working to expand the number of languages available in AI tools that the Gates Foundation believes could combat global inequality....

10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (158+ words) On Cherokee writer Rebecca Nagle’s new podcast “First America,” Indigenous experts unpack the historical realities of U.S. development that have shaped modern democracy and the place that Native Americans play in current affairs. The project, which debuted this summer…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (376+ words) Updated 18 minutes ago, September 21, 2026 New Social Security Administration data reveals a curious wrinkle in the politics of baby names: the Trump-family name climbing the charts in 2025 isn’t Donald or Trump. It’s Barron — the name of the president’s youngest son, now…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1224+ words) A baby-name database sounds like a straightforward CRUD problem. Store a name. Store its meaning. Add a few filters. Put a search box on top. That was roughly how I looked at it when I started working on the naming…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (14+ words) A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jackson Goodman...