When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people ...

The Days of Awe loom like a court date, so we are taught in our High Holy Day liturgy. We are held to account for our sins, our falling short in our duties to God, to each other and to our own souls.

"I concur in the denial of certiorari, though I admonish the Court of Appeals to exercise greater care in its review of the records it reviews," wrote Justice Charles Bethel. A denied petition for ...

We won’t admonish you if you don’t know the origins of today’s word—its current meanings have strayed slightly from its history. “Admonish” was borrowed in the 14th century (via Anglo-French) from ...

It’s merely a coincidence, but the word associated with Sen. Roland Burris on Friday — admonish — was announced earlier this week as Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2009. A verb dating to the ...