Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O’Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Dysphemism is a useful word.

MODERN American speech, while not always clear or correct or turned with much style, is supposed to be uncommonly frank. Witness the current explosion of four-letter words and the explicit discussion ...

The mainstream press has been criticized for normalizing, or “sanewashing,” Donald Trump and his political allies. Having spent my career migrating back and forth between “straight news” and opinion ...

Putting a good spin on things, verbally, can be a habit, a necessary business skill, or a vocation unto itself. Take a look at euphemism, who it hurts and who it benefits, and how different cultures, ...