I believe the word “victim” is being used to create anxiety and defensiveness en mass. Journalists and media outlets repeat “victim,” and people are taking sides, asking, “Am I that victim?” My advice ...

Apples grow on trees, and the government prints money. And words — words come from, well, other words. For example, the Lilliputians of Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” lent their name to a ...