Caricature isn’t just about big noses and wild features—it’s a powerful art form that’s poked at power, stirred laughter, and captured history for centuries. Explore how this visual exaggeration ...

T he English language is full of all sorts of quirks that can be infuriating to non-native speakers. (Imagine learning as an adult that cough, enough, and though all make differen ...

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One early example is William Hogarth’s 1721 engraving critiquing the South Sea Bubble financial scandal. 3 By mid-century, newspapers in the American colonies also adopted cartoons despite censorship ...

Two new books examine efforts to standardize English orthography and the pronouns at the heart of our culture wars, finding that spelling and usage have never conformed to any rules. Credit..

His work pushed the boundaries of political cartoons, expanding the possibilities of illustration everywhere. “Blind Ambition,” an illustration by Brad Holland for a 1996 production of ...

In the 2004 series premiere of The Apprentice, the reality competition show that laundered Donald Trump’s reputation as a tacky sleazebag and launched his presidential aspirations, the ...