English is not written phonetically, and one manifestation of this is the presence of silent letters in many words. Mitigating what might otherwise be total chaos, there are patterns or categories in ...

Shhhh! Listen close as Mr. Steve explains the power of the often-overlooked, sneaky silent letters that like to slip into words. Sometimes letters like b and l, make no sound at all!

Any author who writes a novel with the Holocaust as its setting bears a moral burden. “After Auschwitz,” as Theodor Adorno famously warned, “to write a poem is a barbarity.” So I approached “Silent ...

On-air challenge: Every answer is a word that starts with a silent letter. Identify the words from their anagrams. Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from Sandy Weisz, of Chicago. Name ...