Martha from Tallahassee, Florida, remembers hearing older relatives announce they were going for their constitutional, a term that traces back to Latin constitutio, meaning “character,” “disposition,” “nature,” or “the essence of a thing.” Its...
It’s the ultimate road trip: A father and son retrace the journey of Odysseus and find a way to navigate their relationship. Plus, the story behind the phrase a flash in the pan: It has nothing to do with cooking or gold mining. Also, what’s a...
crack in the crack n.— «“So if an officer has probable cause, they can perform a strip-search?” Whaley asked. “A reasonable officer would believe that’s constitutional,” O’Hara replied. She used a street term—”crack in the crack”—to describe where...