Faulty parallels come up in my editing work all the time, but I have yet to see a better example than a line from the movie “Rain Man.” In the 1988 film, Raymond, an autistic savant played by Dustin ...

“Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is.” You might have thought that only the pill that goes with that jingle creates relief. But science suggests the jingle’s wording itself elicits relief.

Xitlally Lupian took her very first steps in the visiting area at Corcoran State Prison. When she was little, her mother explained her father’s absence as a “big people time out” for breaking the ...