From Massapequa, N.Y., comes this e-mail from Stephen Listfield: “What is the origin and current rationale of the expression ‘nice Jewish boy’ or ‘nice Jewish girl’? The latest example I’ve come ...

At a time when everything is awesome and epic, the word “nice” has fallen out of favour. It's been replaced by outstanding, excellent, wonderful and other such tiresome superlatives. For years, many ...