Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Word of the Day: Public life is often punctuated by dissent. Yet when disagreement escalates into noisy disruption, the tone shifts. The English language offers a precise word for such loud and unruly ...

I'll start with a warning: We are all obstreperous at one time or another. Accept that this could apply to you, and read on. The first time I thought to write about the obstreperous behavior of ...

The term obstreperous derives from obstreperus, a Latin word meaning either “noisy” or “clamorous.” This is a word that is rooted in obstrepere, an expression signifying “to make a noise” or “to ...