Words mean things. That statement may not be too surprising coming from a writer and editor in recovery. Among the great unwashed—who’s collective IQ continues a steady decline, especially in reading comprehension—it seems that words mean one thing today and another tomorrow. More spe

It’s not perfectly flat, but you can see for miles. The Northern Plains is the result of a once inland sea. Eons of heavy soil deposits, remains of pre-historic dinosaurs, decayed vegetation have come together to produce a fertile grassland pockmarked with some foothills. Waterways ha