In recent news, a train derailment in Ohio threatens to spread toxicity throughout the environment.
In recent news, the U.S. government is shooting “spy balloons” and other unknown objects from the sky.
In recent news, religious leaders are still not saying or doing enough to address sexual abuses that have gone on for decades, all over the world, while secular leaders are not talking about abuses that have happened – and are still happening – in public schools and institutions, as though the wounds suffered by secular victims are of lesser quality.
As a writer, one of the things I appreciate most about the English language is its expansive vocabulary. The plethora of synonyms at our disposal makes it possible to find just the word to express subtle nuances of feeling or thought. We owe this rich treasury largely to the Norman invasion of 1066, when the Germanic Anglo-Saxon tongue was somewhat forcibly wed to the Romance language of French. The offspring of this philological union grew up to become modern English.