It's been a year since I began serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in northern Ghana — but some of the local lingo still eludes me. I speak a good amount of Dagbani nowadays, but I still can't figure ...

What really are proverbs, where do they come from, how are they disseminated and what function do they have in modern society? Those are questions that are often asked when people reflect on the ...

"If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together." That was one piece of advice passed along at the just-concluded Democratic National Convention. The words were spoken by New ...